Save our Post Offices - Manchester Lib Dems Launch Petition Against Labour's Post Office Closures

3.54.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 7th Jul 2008

Liberal Democrat MPs and Councillors Launch Petition Against Labour's Post Office Closures

Greater Manchester's 4 Liberal Democrats MPs have joined forces to campaign against Labour's plans to close 67 Post Office branches in Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire.

Liberal Democrat Cheadle MP Mark Hunter, Manchester Withington MP John Leech, Rochdale MP Paul Rowen, and Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell launched a petition outside Spring Gardens post office in the city centre. Lib Dem MPs have consistently voted in support of our Post Office network, unlike Labour hypocrites who voted for the closure programme in Parliament then campaign against branch closure in their own constituencies!

Withington MP John Leech said:

"I am appalled that Labour plan to close 5 more Post Offices here in Manchester, on top of the 21 they allowed to close over the last 3 years. Post Office branches are a lifeline for many residents, providing vital services in an accessible location. I urge local people to sign our petition against these closures! "

The Government are currently closing 2,500 branches. These are in addition to the 4,000 that have already been axed since Labour came to power in 1997 and the 3,500 that were closed by the previous Conservative government.

The offices to shut include 11 in Stockport; 8 in Oldham; 5 in Manchester; 7 in Bolton; 5 in Bury; 7 in Rochdale; 3 in Salford; 6 in Tameside; 3 in Trafford and 1 in Wigan.

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The Liberal Democrat campaign to save Greater Manchester's Post Office branches has been extensively covered in the local press:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1053321_mps_join_post_offices_fight

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1053066_more_post_offices_axed

The following 67 Post Office branches are proposed for closure under Labour's cuts:

Market Street, 88 Moorside Street, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 7HL

West End (Temporarily Closed), 262 Katherine Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7BA

Edge Lane, 409 Manchester Road, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 6QF

Astley Bridge, 467 Blackburn Road, Bolton, BL1 8NN

Ainsworth Lane, 1 Entwistle Street, Bolton, BL2 2RH

Morris Green, 187a Morris Green Lane, Bolton, BL3 3LB

Moses Gate, 42-44 Egerton Street, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 7LE

Daisy Hill, 298 Leigh Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2JZ

Hart Common, 488 Wigan Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2BX

Higher Chorley Old Road, 359 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 6AH

Elton, 73 Crostons Road, Bury, BL8 1LB

Greenmount, 337 Holcombe Road, Greenmount, Bury, BL8 4BB

Limefield, 293 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 6NX

Rochdale Road, 98 Rochdale Road, Bury, BL9 7AY

Water Lane, 21 Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DJ

High Grove, 105 Silverdale Road, Gatley, Cheadle, SK8 4RF

Denton Road, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5BL

North Reddish, 446 Gorton Road, Stockport, SK5 6RX

South Reddish, 24 Reddish Road, Stockport, SK5 7PE

Patricroft, 2 Lewis Street, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0QA

Heaviley, 133B Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2 6NZ

Rose Hill, 204 Stockport Road, Rose Hill, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6EY

Strines, 167 Strines Road, Strines, Stockport, SK6 7GD

Osborne Street, 54 Osbourne Street, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2DA

Bowness Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 4WT

Hopwood, 52 Manchester Road, Heywood, OL10 2AH

Oulder Hill, 569 Bury Road, Rochdale, OL11 4DQ

Birch Vale, 7-9 Spinner Bottom, Birch Vale, High Peak, SK22 1AA

Dove Holes, Methodist Church, Buxton Road, Dove Holes, Buxton, SK17 8DW

Peak Forest, Village Store, Church Lane,Peak Forest, Buxton, SK17 8EL

Town End, 107-109 Market Street, Chapel-En-Le-Frith, High Peak, SK23 0JD

Tintwistle, 13 New Road, Tintwistle, Glossop, SK13 1JN

Bollinbrook (Temporarily Closed), 4-6 Merriden Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3AN

Bollington Cross, 52 Ovenhouse Lane, Bollington, Macclesfield, SK10 5EY

Sutton, 1 Tunnicliffe Road, Sutton Lane Ends, Macclesfield, SK11 0EB

Broken Cross, 1 Chelford Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3LG

Gawsworth, 2-4 Longbutts Lane, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, SK11 9QU

Hockley, 313a Park Lane, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1RJ

Lower Crumpsall, 80a Waterloo Street, Manchester, M8 5XF

Harpurhey, 500 - 504 Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, Manchester, M9 5RD

Barlow Road, 2 Byrom Parade, 201 Barlow Road, Manchester, M19 3HH

Ladybarn, 106 Mauldeth Road, Manchester, M14 6SQ

Parrswood, 841 Wimslow Road, Manchester, M20 5WD

Egerton Street, 3 Brackley Square, Oldham, OL1 3RS

Greenacres Moor, 52 Huddersfield Road, Oldham, OL4 2AE

Lees, 38 High Street, Lees, Oldham, OL4 5AQ

Lower Rushcroft, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 7XD

Moorside (Temporarily Closed), 699 Ripponden Road, Moorside, Oldham, OL1 4JU

Scouthead, 1023 Huddersfield Road, Scouthead, Oldham, OL4 4AS

Buckstones Road, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8DW

Grasscroft, 77 Oldham Road, Grasscroft, Oldham, OL4 4JF

Buersil, 705-707 Oldham Road, Buersil Head, Rochdale, OL16 4RH

Caldermoor, 2 Shore Road, Littleborough, OL15 9LG

Smithy Bridge, 61 Smithy Bridge Road, Littleborough, OL15 0DY

Spotland Road, 170A Spotland Road, Rochdale, OL12 7AA

Adelphi, 15 Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4NE

Langworthy Road, 215 Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5PW

Mottram Road, 95 Mottram Road, Stalybridge, SK15 2QS

Cheetham Fold, 107-109 Cheetham Fold Road, Hyde, SK14 5DF

Great Moor, 350 Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2 7BZ

Hall Street, 168 Hall Street, Stockport, SK1 4JG

Lowfield Road, 94 Lowfield Road, Stockport, SK3 8JR

Heaton Road, 89-91 Heaton Road, Stockport, SK4 4JH

Canterbury Road, 173 Canterbury Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 0SE

Trafford Park, 450 Third Avenue, Manchester, M17 1FB

Manchester Road, 93 Manchester Road, Leigh, WN7 2LE

Northenden Road, 4 Northenden Road, Sale, M33 3BR