Liberal Democrats urge Mayor Boris to take action on Post Office closures

10.09.00am BST (GMT +0100) Wed 7th May 2008

London Assembly Liberal Democrats urged the Mayor to take action on the closure of 155 London Post Offices today.

There has been no word about how the Mayor will respond to today's closures, despite focusing much of his campaign on protecting London's Post Offices.

Commenting, Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat Assembly Member said:

"One of the Mayor's strongest manifesto pledges was to stop the Government from axing local Post Offices. The Mayor needs to step-up and show that he is serious about protecting local Post Office branches.

"Today over 150 Post Offices were axed and Londoners had almost no opportunity to protest against these closures

"Liberal Democrats have been working hard to prevent these closures. Today's result comes as a disappointment, not just to me, but also to many Londoners. Branches such as Abbeville Road in Clapham are to be shut down despite their obvious value to the community and the strength of protest from local residents.

"It would be a real disappointment if Londoners' protests fell on deaf ears just because the Mayor is preoccupied in his first days in office."

ENDS