WEIR CONDEMNS "RUTHLESS" CUTS TO POST OFFICE NETWORK
 
SNP Trade & Industry spokesperson Mike Weir MP has commented today (Thursday) on a ministerial statement by Alasdair Darling, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, that pointed to the imminent closure of 2,500 mainly rural post offices throughout the UK.
 
Mr Weir said:
 
"This statement signals the end of hundreds of Post Offices in Scotland. These ruthless cuts may well only be the latest staging post on the road to the 4000 that the Chief Executive of the Post Office says is the economic minimum.
 
"If the Government is serious about a proper sustainable network then they should look not only at closures but also at opening offices in the current Post Office free desert.
 
"Next May the people of Scotland have a clear choice between a Labour/Lib Dem Scottish Government that has failed to stand up for Scotland on this issue or an SNP-led Government that will ensure Post Offices have a future by opposing Westminster's privatisation and competition plans."