Post office closure 'contradicts White Paper'
CLOSING Chalkstone Post Office, in Haverhill, would contradict a recent Government White Paper, according to St Edmundsbury Council.
The council has been gathering information on the post offices mooted for closure in its area, and will prepare a response.
With between 400 and 499 customers using the site per week, closing it would conflict with the Government’s emphasis on ‘local services provided at a neighbourhood level’.
And Chalkstone’s ‘deprivation’ is also a reason the post office should stay open: “The latest indices of deprivation show that Chalkstone is one of the more deprived areas in Haverhill and in St Edmundsbury as a whole.
“It is therefore important that local residents have access to key services, and the post office is certainly recognised as being a key service.”
n SIGN our online petition at www.haverhill-echo.co.uk.
Give us details how the closure would affect you or people you know.
You can do that by e-mail to david.hart@ haverhillecho.com or via the Contact Us section of our website, to Haverhill Echo, 7 Queen’s Square, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 9EG.
n A public meeting to discuss the closure takes place at Chalkstone Community Centre tomorrow at 7.30pm.
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