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Originally Posted by g jones
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.  |
Lets just get the figures straight, that's £72,000 over three years so £24,000 a year, what happens after the 3 years? The Conservatives proposals revolved around turning post offices into profitable businesses and there were a range of ideas debated. The Government need to make these changes so that sub-post offices can compete and they seem reluctant to so far (hence closing them all as seemingly a first option). Which means the council have to run them at a loss if they're not allowed to try and make them profitable. I don't know the full details of the budgets, but if budgets have already been drawn up, what would you cut from your 2% tax budget to fund this?