Post Office Closures in West Yorkshire

The Post Office have announced the latest round of closures – this time in West Yorkshire.

18 per cent of the Post Office branch network would be axed, if all the proposals are confirmed after the six-week consultation.

According to the Post Office Area Plan for West Yorkshire (which does not include Huddersfield or the Colne Valley), 63 branches are proposed for closure in West Yorkshire whilst 282 will be retained.

Commenting, Shadow Minister for Postal Affairs, Charles Hendry MP, said:

“One of the major concerns is that these closures are illogical.  It is simply a computer which has decided to close a Post Office which is deemed too close to another, even if it happens to be profitable and easily accessed by its customers. 

“The Post Office is complacently assuming that all of the business at the closing profitable office will simply migrate to surviving branches. This conveniently supposes people will travel the extra distance irrespective of the public transport connections or the accessibility for vulnerable groups and the elderly.”

“Whilst the Government says it is listening, we will be fighting to save Post Offices across Yorkshire.”