Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesperson for Hornsey and Wood Green, Lynne Featherstone, has handed in a petition signed by Haringey residents in a bid to save local post offices. Ms Featherstone presented the petition to Lib Dem Trade & Industry spokesman, Vincent Cable at the Houses of Parliament last week.

The signatures collected locally by the Lib Dems join over 100,000 others who have signed nationwide. Present plans by the Government and Royal Mail could see the closure of five post offices in the Hornsey and Wood Green area, and a further five in Tottenham. Last year, plans announced by Post Office Chief Executive David Mills envisaged that a third of urban post offices would close. In Hornsey and Wood Green, this would mean the loss of five out of the 16 post offices in the area.

Already this year, over 30,000 job losses nationwide have been announced. The Liberal Democrats blame the Labour government for the planned closures.

Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesperson, Lynne Featherstone, comments:

“If such a huge closure programme goes ahead, we will lose several post offices in Haringey. We must put as much pressure as possible on Labour and the Post Office to make them change their minds.”