Don't KO our PO goes to No. 10

2.17.39pm BST (GMT +0100) Thu 21st Oct 2004

Don't KO our PO goes to Downing Street (from left to right: Rachel Byrd, Cllr David Dixon, Don Foster MP, Isobel Romero-Shaw, Cllr Dine Romero and Jack Sparrow)

Bath's MP, Don Foster, has today led a delegation of Liberal Democrat Councillors, pensioners, students and children to deliver a massive petition from Bath residents against the proposals to close 6 local Post Offices, directly to the Prime Minister.

The petition contained over 5000 signatures, with more flooding into the Lib Dem office in Bath all the time (which will be sent on).

Commenting, Don said,

"This petition is a testament to the strength of feeling against the Post Office closures and a tribute to the communities in Bath.

"If these proposals go ahead the consequences will be enormous, and it's so important that this is seen by those at the very top.

"I thank everyone who has signed and collected this petition."

Local Councillor, Dine Romero (LD, Southdown) whose ward covers the affected Whiteway Branch on Mount Road, said,

"While Ministers were inside No. 10, discussing Iraq, I'm pleased we were on the outside reminding them of their own 'policy of mass destruction' - to our local communities and the lives of so many people.

"If the post office is forced to close, the neighbourhood will never be the same again."

Jack Sparrow, a pensioner who will be seriously affected by the closure of Bathwick Road Post Office and collected 600 names on his petition alone, said

"Its those who are already vulnerable, like pensioners, that will be the most affected by this closure, and I want to do all I can to fight this decision."