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Post Offices

Asked if the petition brought into Downing Street recently was the largest ever received, having 4 million names on it, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman said that what was important was the number of people who were using post offices. What people should remember was that we had made an unprecedented investment in the post office network of more than £2 billion, including £750 million for the rural network. We recognised that some offices would never be commercially viable, but they played an important social role, but we had to ensure that the network was sustainable.

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy that he was effectively subsidising rural living, the PMOS replied that we recognised that in terms of the communities, they did play an important part. Equally, we had to look at how many people were actually using the post offices.

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