Cardiff Lib Dems Call for more Government Support for Local Post Offices

12.00.00pm GMT Sat 25th Nov 2006

Welsh Liberal Democrat Conference has passed a motion calling on the Government, in both the Assembly and Westminster, to take steps to preserve local post offices. The motion, tabled by Cardiff Liberal Democrats was passed unanimously.

"Local Post Offices are facing some stark financial choices" said Cardiff South and Penarth Liberal Democrat campaigner Dominic Hannigan. "The Labour Welsh Assembly Government has offered some limited assistance to Welsh Post Offices but it doesn't go far enough, and offers small crumb of comfort to those punished by the policies of the Labour Westminster Government. In my own area of Cardiff West, more than 25% of post offices have closed since 2002."

"We are calling on the UK Labour Government to reinstate the Post Office Card Account the Liberal Democrats fought hard to keep. In Wales we want to re-establish the ring fenced Post Office Development Fund."