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What new services would you like to
see at the Post Office? That’s the question being asked
by the Government in a new consultation launched last
week.
The Post Office is a great British
institution that has been part of our communities for over three
hundred years. I know how deeply people in Redditch care about the
future of our local Post Offices.
The Post Office has more branches
than the high street banks combined. It is ideally placed to bring
banking services back to the heart of people’s
communities. It could
provide savings accounts especially for children or help local
businesses get access to banking. It could work with the local
Credit Union to help people get better access to their great
work. If you think it
would be good to be able to have more bank and saving accounts in
your local post office, let me know and I’ll feed your views in to
the Government’s consultation.
It’s that
Christmas shopping time again. Things were pretty in busy in
Redditch town centre when I was there last weekend, but I know
things have been tough too in the last year. That’s why I was delighted to
hear that the Government is making over £50,000 available to
Redditch Borough Council to support and promote our Town
Centre. I’m keen to
see how this will be spent – other towns have used the money to
give businesses or local groups the chance to take over empty shops
or to promote the town. We need action and imagination
from Redditch Borough Council with this Government
money!
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