Post Office Closures - Where to send your responses

Where to send your representations

1.  Send your representations to Post Office Ltd by 26 August 2008:

By letter:  National Consultation Team
                  Post Office Ltd
                  FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM
                 (no stamp is required)
By email: consultation@postoffice.co.uk
By phone: 08457 22 33 44

2.  It is also recommended you copy your letter to the appropriate local authority contact shown below. We will then use this information (in anonymised form) to compile evidence on your behalf to send to:

• Your MP
• Your County and District/Borough Councillors
• Postwatch.     Postwatch is the watchdog for postal services and it is independent of Post Office Ltd and the government. Whilst Postwatch does not have the power to overrule the Post Office, its views on a closure have to be taken into account.

This will assist understanding of the local implications.

In addition, we will be looking at what support can be provided to those communities that do lose their post office.  Your consultation responses will demonstrate to local partners the need for that support and help us target it effectively.

If you wish to use this service, it would be helpful to receive your copy by 22 August.  Please copy your letter to:

If you are in Bedford Borough:
Dan Hickman, Bedford Borough Council, Town Hall, St Paul’s Square, Bedford MK40 1SJ      Email: dhickman@bedford.gov.uk

If you are in Mid or South Bedfordshire:
Allan Witherick, South Beds District Council, District Office, High Street North, Dunstable LU6 1LF Email:  postoffice@southbeds.gov.uk

3.  Postwatch can be contacted directly (and copied in to responses going to Post Office Ltd) at FREEPOST Postwatch, by e-mailing to info@postwatch.co.uk, or by calling 08456 013265. 

4.  If you wish to contact your MP, elected councillors, you can find contact details here.

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