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Haringey Post Offices safe after Liberal Democrat Minister announces Royal Mail deal

By Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem) • on January 27, 2012, 3:40 pm

Post Offices in Haringey have been saved from any threats of closure, after Liberal Democrat Business Minister Ed Davey this week announced a deal between Royal Mail and the Post Office. This welcome news, which will help to create a sustainable future for Post Offices across the borough, means that the area will avoid future mass closures, like the one seen in 2008, when Post Offices in Alexandra Park Road, Weston Park, Ferme Park Road, Salisbury Road and Highgate Village were shut. After ending the shameful Post Office closure programme, which nationally saw more than 7,100 Post Offices disappear in Labour’s 13 years in office, Ed Davey has announce that a ten-year deal has now been reached between Royal Mail and the Post Office. The deal gives additional certainty to subpostmasters in Haringey and covers the full range of Royal Mail products available at Post Offices, such as first and...

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Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)

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