Closure of Week St Mary and Whitstone Post Offices
Responding to confirmation by Post Office Limited that both Whitstone and Week St Mary Post Offices will be closed and replaced with "partner" services in their existing premises, North Cornwall's MP, Dan Rogerson said:
"This is still a second-best outcome. Local people wanted to keep their Post Offices open with proper counters and the full range of services.
"Now, Dan and Kyla in Whitstone and Jeff in Week St Mary will be expected to keep the branches afloat, and services available for longer, without a salary. Indeed they could lose more money than they make.
"The Post Office is asking hard-pressed small businesses to subsidise a national concern, even though Royal Mail now makes a considerable profit.
"Residents will doubtless be relieved that they still have access to some Post Office services, but will rightly fear for their future if the arrangements do not prove sustainable for the shopkeepers.
"Now more than ever they will need the support of the community to keep their businesses going."
