Tim Loughton MP (East Worthing and Shoreham) has reacted with outrage at the news that the Post Office is set to close the two remaining Crown Post Offices in his constituency in Lancing and Shoreham without warning.
Tim commented:
“I am outraged at the news that the Post Office is set close the Lancing and Shoreham Crown offices without warning, which are the two remaining Crown offices in East Worthing and Shoreham. The Post Office did not even have the courtesy to give me advanced warning about this devastating news that will have a big impact on the whole of the Adur community.
“Over the last few year we have lost virtually all the sub-post offices in my constituency and were assured that the Crown offices would remain sacrosanct as a viable alternative. Indeed, there has been a remodelling of the Lancing Post office to make it more efficient. Secreting alternative post offices in branches of W.H. Smith amount to a further downgrading of the Post Office service and I do not see how these shops are large enough to accommodate all the Post Office’s customers.
“The Post Office has been completely deaf to the needs and concerns of my constituents in the past and ploughed on regardless with their savage cuts, but they really have gone too far this time and seem to have very little regard for the customers whose needs their services. I am seeking urgent meetings with the Post Office to explain my concerns about these worrying plans and to lobby them to think again. I would urge all constituents to make their views known to the Post Office and to copy me in on any letters of protest.”