Motion to Council

On Wednesday I am taking a motion to Full Council:

Motion to Council from Cllr G Walsh

This council:
• Notes the invaluable service provided by the local post offices in the district to people within our local communities who rely heavily on our post office branches;
• Deplores the Government’s current programme of 2,500 closures across the country,
• Notes the strength of public opinion in favour of saving our local post offices;
• Recognises the needs of the elderly, disabled and the most disadvantaged across the WMDC district who rely on local post offices the most.

This council resolves to call on the Government:
• To stop its latest round of post office closures including the closure of local post offices in the WMDC district;
• To find sustainable ways to keep our post office network open for business including opening post offices up to be ‘One Stop Shops’ for Government services and introducing ‘Council Counters’ to deal with council services.

Should be an interesting day.