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Post office shake-up could leave one in five branches ‘unsustainable or unsuitable’

Monday, July 30th, 2012

A Government shake-up of up to 2,000 post offices could lead to many of them being left “unsustainable or unsuitable” for local people, a committee of MPs has warned.

The Post Office – which was separated from Royal Mail earlier this year – is planning to speed up the roll out of its new Post Office Locals from this summer, as part of a major overhaul of the 11,800-strong post office network.
But the MPs warned the plans could be undermined by deficiencies in the training of staff and the inflexibility of its proposals, and a reduction in services offered by the outlets.
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Source: The Telegraph

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