2,500 post offices are scheduled to close in the coming year, why? Due to European Union rules the British Government no longer has the right to provide the traditional £150m Social Network Payment which has kept small local post offices in business.
Under Article 88 of the Treaty of Amsterdam, signed by this Labour Government, the payment will have to cease, throwing thousands of post office staff out of work. The new confusing regulations on sizes and weights of letters and packages are directly imposed under the Postal Directive (97/67/EC), which also forces postal services into greater competition with firms such as the German state-owned DHL.
Yet Tony Blair, whose government has allowed this to happen, blames postal workers themselves for failing to attract greater business, all the time taking more and more services out of the post office (vehicle licences, pensions etc.).
Conservative and Lib/Dem politicians make much of this but won’t admit they too are powerless in the face of these EU rules.
Of course, there is something you can do about it. Join the UK Independence party to campaign for withdrawal from the EU. It will then be up to British people to decide what happens to British jobs, not unelected, unaccountable Brussels Bureaucrats.
Under Article 88 of the Treaty of Amsterdam, signed by this Labour Government, the payment will have to cease, throwing thousands of post office staff out of work. The new confusing regulations on sizes and weights of letters and packages are directly imposed under the Postal Directive (97/67/EC), which also forces postal services into greater competition with firms such as the German state-owned DHL.
Yet Tony Blair, whose government has allowed this to happen, blames postal workers themselves for failing to attract greater business, all the time taking more and more services out of the post office (vehicle licences, pensions etc.).
Conservative and Lib/Dem politicians make much of this but won’t admit they too are powerless in the face of these EU rules.
Of course, there is something you can do about it. Join the UK Independence party to campaign for withdrawal from the EU. It will then be up to British people to decide what happens to British jobs, not unelected, unaccountable Brussels Bureaucrats.
You can join UKIP either online at www.ukip.org or Freephone 0800 587 6587
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Get your voice heard - the rural post office network - www.ruralaction.org.uk
Everyone has a view on the future of the rural post office network - but will everyone's views be heard? Perhaps you have a good idea on the future of the network; perhaps your own experience shows a vital aspect has been over-looked. Now there is a simple way to get your point across quickly and easily. The recent popularity in 'blogging' - contributing to a weblog or online message board - has inspired ruralnet|uk to set up a blog for this issue: a simple technique allowing thousands to add their personal comments to the debate. Over half of all UK homes have access to an online computer - as well as libraries, youth clubs, schools, day centres, UK online centres, and even some Post Offices! Anyone with an interest can visit the blog and leave their comment on the consultation questions, and read what others are saying.
ruralnet|uk Chief Executive, Simon Berry said "Government consultations are all very well, but they are time consuming and complicated. Fine for the professionals but not for the people affected. It will take just a few moments for anyone to have their say in our collective consultation and their views will go straight to the government."
Visit www.ruralaction.org.uk, click any of the ‘Comment’ links and have your say. You can comment on as little or as much as you like. It is as simple and quick as that. There is no printing or sending to do.
At the end of the consultation period, ruralnet|uk undertakes to summarise objectively all the comments received, and feed them into the Government’s consultation procedure. Says Simon: "We were the first to use the internet to run a collective consultation on the ‘first’ rural white paper way back in the spring of 1999 when we received 1154 contributions. It was said to be "one of the most useful submissions received”. So we know that a collective view from rural people, presented by us will carry a lot of weight.
So, don't be left out: go to www.ruralaction.org.uk state your views and have an impact on the future of post office services in rural areas.
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