Urban poor and elderly hardest hit by Post Office closures

[TrueBlueTerrier]

http://www.fairinvestment.co.uk/banking ... s-433.html

07/09/2007
The harsh impact of closing 2,500 Post Offices during the next 18 months will be most keenly felt by the young urban poor and the elderly, a new research study from the National Consumer Council has found.

The NCC and Dr Foster research consultancy’s study, Post Office Closures 2002 to 2006: lessons for 2007 to 2009, has found that it is some of the outer urban communities residing on the outskirts of cities that have a heavy reliance on their local Post Office and will bear the main brunt of the closures, and says that these areas should be targeted for protection on social grounds in the future.

Nicola O’Reilly, from the National Consumer Council, said “Protecting vulnerable communities from the impact of Post Office closures is no simple task. People are as important as places in these decisions. It’s vital that plans for the next 2,500 closures protect the people who would be hardest hit.â€

[cruisey]

Goodbye to the most famous public service in the world.

[L Tommo]

Wot is the whore house closed at the top of my road then?????


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