MP RAISES PO CLOSURE IN COMMONS

Eastbourne & Willingdon MP Nigel Waterson has raised the post office closures proposed in his constituency in a Commons Debate. The Post Office is intent on closing five post offices used by Nigel’s constituents – in Willingdon Village, Marine Parade, Wannock, Etchingham Road and The Broadway.

Nigel intervened in the Debate and quoted the five post offices threatened with closure. He gave as an example the one in Willingdon Village. “It is popular, makes money and was refurbished only a few years ago at a cost of £40,000. The postmistress Andrea Etwell is keen to keep it going, so what is the logic of shutting it down?”

After the Debate, Nigel commented: “It seems to me that this Government and the Post Office are determined to shut a certain number of post offices, no matter how popular and successful they are. I will continue to fight all the closures proposed in my area.”

Nigel is also organising a public meeting in Willingdon to protest against the closures.

3 Dec 2007