Archived decisions

10 July 2008

1. Motion to council  -  Post Office Card Account


This council notes that:

Over 4.3 million people in Britain currently access their pensions and benefits through the Post Office via their Post Office Card Account.  Soon it will be replaced and the government may award the contract for the new card account to one of  the Post Office's competitors.

The card account contract is estimated to be worth around £1 billion.  Without that income stream many thousands of branches are likely to close.  The National Federation of Sub postmasters claim it could mean anything up to another 3000 closures across the UK.

This council therefore requests that:

The Leader write to Hampshire MPs, and urge them to sign Early Day Motion (EDM) 1506 to demand that  the Post office Card Account (POCA2) remains with the Post Office.

The Leader also write to Sir Simon Milton  - Leader of the Local Government Association (LGA) to put pressure on councils and MPs up and down the UK to support this EDM.