Army of Millions in Fight for Post Offices ; As Vital Benefits Payment System Faces the Axe Amid Accusations of Betrayal,Postmasters Call for a Massive Petition to Force a Climbdown
Mail on Sunday › April 16, 2006
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IT aims to be one of the biggest petitions ever, with three million signatures. Last week, 14,500 post offices received petition forms from the National Federation of SubPostmasters demanding that the Government drops its controversial plan to axe Post Office card accounts by 2010. Without the account bringing in customers and money, thousands of post offices face closure.
The post office at the heart of Youlgreave village in the glorious Peak District faces a bleak future with the Government's decision to axe the Post Office card account.See the full content of this document
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Army of Millions in Fight for Post Offices ; As Vital Benefits Payment System Faces the Axe Amid Accusations of Betrayal,Postmasters Call for a Massive Petition to Force a Climbdown
Three years ago, when pensioners and others on benefits were told they could no longer receive payments in cash, hundreds took the Post Office's advice and opened a card account, which allows benefits...
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