Following reports of outrageously long Christmas queues at the remaining Hornsey and Wood Green Post Offices, and after chatting with Crouch End residents in a queue stretching far along the pavement outside the Crouch End Broadway Post Office on Friday, Lynne Featherstone MP is now organising an urgent meeting with the Post Office Network Manager.

Despite assurances from Post Office Ltd. that the remaining branches in the constituency would have the capacity to deal with the Christmas queues, Lynne Featherstone has received evidence from constituents showing very long waiting times.

The Liberal Democrat MP is now encouraging local residents to tell her how long they have had to queue at their local Post Office this Christmas either by emailing lynne@lynnefeatherstone.org with details, or by requesting Lynne’s Post Office survey on 020 8340 5459.Lynne Featherstone will then collate all data from this autumn and winter and present her findings to the Post Office representatives.

Lynne Featherstone commented:

“It’s plain to see that the remaining post offices locally are finding it difficult to cope with the increased customer pressure this Christmas. It’s not exactly rocket science that closing every second post office locally would result in larger queues at the remaining shops.

“But the more evidence I can present at a meeting with the Network Manager, the better. So please contact my office and let me know how long you’ve had to queue to send off your Christmas post this December.”