Saturday, March 15, 2008
Fighting for local post offices
On the left: the post office at 299, Hall Lane, Chingford, E4 which is at risk. In the Redbridge part of Chingford & Woodford Green, Lib Dem Cllrs. Richard Hoskins, Hugh Cleaver and Nicola Sinclair are fighting hard to try to save the threatened post office in High Road, S.Woodford. More news via the Redbridge link above (see list in first item on blogspot). Similarly, there has been a local petition, organised by Lib Dems, and a special FOCUS in Valley ward, Waltham Forest, defending the Hall Lane branch.
Meanwhile, Waltham Forest Council as a whole has mounted a cross-party campaign to defend the 6 post offices in the borough which are threatened with closure. There is a special on-line petition which you can sign.Click here on http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/LBWFPostOffice
