Post offices vital service
I was dismayed to hear that thousands of post offices are being forced to close as part of a cost cutting exercise. One hears that they are in total losing £200 million a year and the proposed closures will save up to half that amount.
I was dismayed to hear that thousands of post offices are being forced to close as part of a cost cutting exercise. One hears that they are in total losing £200 million a year and the proposed closures will save up to half that amount.
It is even more annoying when one hears of the similar amounts being spent on translation services for people with no command of English.
Post offices have been a British institution for more than 200 years and one may ask why the Government cannot pay a subsidy as they do with rural bus services. Just because it is a business that resembles a bank does not, in itself, mean it has to make a profit.
Many remote village communities are utterly reliant on their post office, not only for the usual post office services, but also for provisions, as frequently this is linked to a small shop that provides a valuable service for those who are too old and frail to travel. It often forms the hub of the community and acts as a welfare organisation to care and provide for those in most need of help and support.
Compare this to the Government's new flagship policy, the introduction of that invaluable community aid, the Super Casino, an absolutely essential facility where people can exercise choice and fritter away money to their heart's content.
Soon, added to this, will be the loss of television, after the abandonment of analogue broadcasting, where a small but significant number of people will be so perplexed that they will not be able to operate the new equipment.
Mike Griggs, Taunton Avenue, Fordhouses.
