An 1,800 signature petition calling for a Telford post office to be saved has been hand delivered to 10 Downing Street.
An 1,800 signature petition calling for a Telford post office to be saved has been hand delivered to 10 Downing Street.
Tom Biggins, Conservative parliamentary spokesman for Telford, travelled to London to deliver the petition opposing the closure of Randlay Post Office.
It is one of 28 post office branches and mobile services across Shropshire facing the axe in a hit list of closures announced in April as part of a national cash-saving programme.
Mr Biggins said: “Randlay Post Office is such an important and much used facility. It is actually one of the busiest post offices in Telford.
“It provides a very valuable service not only to local people - and there are many elderly people living in the vicinity of Randlay - but it also provides a major service for businesses in Stafford Park and Halesfield.”
In a letter accompanying the petition, addressed to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Mr Biggins laid out his reasons for saving Randlay Post Office.
“Randlay Post Office is a sustainable business, with a significant footfall which would suggest that it is not in receipt of high levels of subsidy,” he said in the letter.
“It serves a wide and growing catchment area, including businesses from the major Telford Industrial estates and retail customers from out of its catchment area, who travel to Randlay out of choice for its convenience, and free and accessible parking.”
He called for the Prime Minister to offer Randlay Post Office a reprieve and to maintain it along with the other branches in the Telford constituenc, including Wellington’s King Street. This week marked the end of the consultation period on the proposed closures for the county
