A CALL for action to save Post Offices from closure has been “lost in the post” claim Liberal Democrat Councillors in Gateshead.
The government plans to stop paying pensions through Post Offices and many people fear that this will lead to thousands of branches closing down.
But a Liberal Democrat motion to Gateshead Council calling on the government to keep the current system of payment of pensions through the Post Office card account failed to win the backing of Labour councillors when it was debated at a meeting on Thursday 23rd March.
Instead, Labour councillors threw out the Lib Dem call for action.
“Far from backing post offices,” said Lib Dem Councillor, Jonathan Wallace, who moved the motion, “Labour scrapped our call to save Post Offices.
“They replaced it with an ineffectual statement noting that some MPs had signed an ineffectual Parliamentary motion.
“And when I summed up at the end of the debate, I had to endure constant heckling and interruptions led by the Labour Council leader. It was clear to me that Labour’s commitment to keeping Post Offices open was lost in the post.”
Photo: Councillor Jonathan Wallace
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