LIBERAL Democrats in Blaydon constituency, in western Gateshead, took their petition calling on the government to save Post Offices from closure to the village of Blackhall Mill on Sunday 27th August.
The government announced earlier this year that they were axing the Post Office Card Account, used by millions of pensioners to receive their state pension through Post Office branches.
There are fears that with the axing of the account, thousands of Post Office branches will close. Many branches rely on the payment they receive for handing pensioners cash to remain open.
“Nearly 140 people in the village signed the petition,” said Councillor Jonathan Wallace, who is co-ordinating the petition. “We delivered 200 petition forms and 70 were returned to us.
“This shows there is a high level of feeling against the Labour party’s decision to stop pensioners getting their money through the Post Office Card Account. They oppose the idea of forcing older people to use the big banks.
“With Post Office branches often reliant on the Card Account to keep them going, many smaller branches will close once it finally is scrapped.
“And that will mean whole communities will be without Post Office facilities.”
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