MP warns over threat to post offices

After visiting them, he said: "Each of the post offices that I visited plays an irreplaceable part in the community in which it operates.

"It is obvious that they are much more than post offices. They run effective 'social services' particularly for the elderly and the disabled and they provide advice and help of a very high order.

"Not surprisingly, each one I visited commands tremendous loyalty and affection for the very necessary services provided. For example, many carers do the shopping for elderly people and they would find it difficult to get to a town centre post office."

For full story see West Sussex Gazette December 19