Heh Jaysay... given all the noise your lot are making on this here in Hyndburn... how come Hyndburn Council is not one the Councils that has applied ??????
Is Clr Britcliffe committing the Council to spending up to £72,000 (and beyond with recruitment of new postmasters) propping up the 4 closures? You said Tories will save them .... how??? You have an opportunity to make a positive decision and back up your words.
COUNCILS GIVEN GREEN LIGHT TO SAVE POST OFFICES
Post Office managers must co-operate fully with innovative plans by local councils to save their local branches from closure, ministers said today. More than 50 councils now want to save threatened branches, offering rescue packages of £18,000 per branch over three years from council tax receipts. Sir Simon Milton (Conservative), chairman of the LGA, was quoted: “It is a huge step in the right direction that the Minister has instructed Post Office Limited to enter into discussions with councils who have put forward proposals to save some of their local branches.
Telegraph p8, Guardian p14, FT p2, Express p2
MP rebellion fails to stop post office closures - Telegraph