Save Our Post Offices

11.29.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 30th Jun 2008

Halt Post Office closures: John Hemming MP and Lib Dem councillors are campaigning to save local post offices from closure.

Birmingham Lib Dem MP John Hemming is calling on the Government to immediately halt the "big mistake" of closing post offices across Birmingham. The Post Office announced the decision to close 26 post offices across Birmingham on 24 June 2008.

John Hemming said: "The Government is making a big mistake by proposing to close down so many of our post offices here in Birmingham. It will be a massive blow to people who have mobility problems and who rely on them. They really should call a halt to these proposals."

Birmingham's Liberal Democrat councillors have joined John Hemming in the call to save local post offices.

Speaking outside the Shaftmoor Lane post office, Councillor Tanveer Choudhry (Springfield Ward) said: "I have spoken to many local people who have told me how vital their post office is to them. This is just the first step in the battle, but we will be fighting hard to keep them open."

Councillor Roger Harmer (Acocks Green Ward) added: "Like other post offices, the Shaftmoor Lane post office is vital for the community and crucial for many people. This is just the first step in the campaign and we will be fighting hard against the plans."

The proposed closures in Birmingham are the latest is a series of closures that have decimate the post office network. Labour have already shut 4,000 post offices, following the 3,500 closures under the last Conservative Government.

The Lib Dems want to invest in our post office network to give local customers a better deal. We believe that post offices should have a bright future.

The full list of Post Offices under threat in Birmingham is:

• Alcester Lane End, 271 Alcester Road South, Birmingham B14 6EB, Birmingham Hall Green.

• Aston Manor, 50 Rocky Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 5RQ, Birmingham Ladywood.

• Bakers Lane, 40 Bakers Lane, Sutton Coldfield B73 6XD, Sutton Coldfield.

• Bartley Green, 6 Genners Lane, Birmingham B32 3JL, Birmingham Edgbaston.

• Brighton Road, 577 Moseley Road, Birmingham B12 9BS, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath.

• Church Vale, 60 Robert Road, Birmingham B20 3RU, Birmingham Perry Barr.

• Coopers Road, 53 Coopers Road, Birmingham B20 2JU, Birmingham Perry Barr.

• Court Oak Road, 157 Court Oak Road, Birmingham B17 9AD, Birmingham Edgbaston.

• Druids Heath, 17 Pound Road, Birmingham B14 5SB, Birmingham Hall Green.

• Greenholm Road, 210 Kingstanding Road, Birmingham B44 8JP, Birmingham Perry Barr.

• Hangley Road, 4A Huntley Road, Birmingham B16 8JS, Birmingham Ladywood.

• Hockley, 5 Hockley Hill, Birmingham B18 5AA, Birmingham Ladywood.

• Maney, 20 Beeches Walk, Sutton Coldfield B73 6HN, Sutton Coldfield.

• Middlemore Road, 2 Middlemore Road, Birmingham B31 3UP, Birmingham Northfield.

• Perry Common, 121 Witton Lodge Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 5JD, Birmingham Erdington.

• Robin Hood, 1537 Stratford Road, Birmingham B28 9JA, Birmingham Hall Green.

• Sandwell Road (Temporarily closed), 225 Sandwell Road, Birmingham B21 8PD, Birmingham Perry Barr.

• Selsey Road, 33 - 35 Selsey Road, Birmingham B17 8JR, Birmingham Ladywood.

• Shaftmoor Lane, 1 Olton Boulevard East, Birmingham B27 7RR, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath.

• Short Heath, 75 Gravelly Lane, Birmingham B23 6LR, Birmingham Erdington.

• Small Heath Park, 541 Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B10 0LL, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath.

• Sparkbrook, 174 - 176 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham B11 1AG, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath.

• The Firs, 12 Ermington Cresent, Birmingham B36 8AP, Birmingham Hodge Hill.

• The Green, 65 The Green, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RU, Birmingham Selly Oak.

• Victoria Road, 95 Upper Sutton Street, Birmingham B6 5BN, Birmingham Ladywood.

• Witton Road, 209 Witton Road, Birmingham B6 6JR, Birmingham Ladywood.

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