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Post Office to shut 115 branches as shake-up plans revealed – see the complete record

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The Post Office has confirmed that 115 branches are at risk of closure. Bosses have also said that 1,000 members of staff are also at risk of losing their jobs as part of a “major overhaul”. According to several reports the move was confirmed by Post Office chairman Nigel Railton during a meeting this morning, with the long term goal being to change the company into a “fully franchised” business model.

The majority of Post Office branches are already franchises, with the impending move putting those owned solely by the Post Office at risk of closure. No timescale has been given for the move, however.




The move, however, has gone down badly with the Communication Workers Union, as CWU boss Dave Ward said: “CWU members are victims of the Horizon scandal – and for them to now fear for their jobs ahead of Christmas is yet another cruel attack.

“While we are in the middle of a government review of the Post Office’s future, the employer has embarked on its own strategic review. “It seems the Post Office has learned no lessons from its chaotic and uncoordinated mistakes of the past.

“We call on the Post Office to immediately halt these planned closures and the attached consultations – which, historically, have been nothing but playing lip service – and engage with the CWU on protecting jobs and services.

The full list of branches at risk are:

  • Antrim

  • Bangor

  • Belfast City

  • Edinburgh City

  • Glasgow

  • Haddington

  • Inverness

  • Kirkwall

  • Londonderry

  • Newtownards

  • Saltcoats

  • Springburn Way

  • Stornoway

  • Wester Hailes

  • Barnes Green

  • Bransholme

  • Bridlington

  • Chester Le Street

  • Crossgates

  • Eccles

  • Furness House

  • Grimsby

  • Hyde

  • Kendal

  • Manchester

  • Morecambe

  • Morley

  • Poulton Le Fylde

  • Prestwich

  • Rotherham

  • Salford City

  • Sheffield City

  • South Shields

  • St Johns

  • Sunderland City

  • The Markets

  • Birmingham

  • Breck Road

  • Caernarfon

  • Didsbury Village

  • Harlesden

  • Kettering

  • Kingsbury

  • Leigh

  • Leighton Buzzard

  • Matlock

  • Milton Keynes

  • Northolt

  • Old Swan

  • Oswestry

  • Oxford

  • Redditch

  • Southall

  • St Peters Street

  • Stamford

  • Stockport

  • Wealdstone

  • Barnet

  • Cambridge City

  • Canning Town

  • Cricklewood

  • Dereham

  • Golders Green

  • Hampstead

  • Harold Hill

  • Kilburn

  • Kingsland High Street

  • Lower Edmonton

  • Roman Road

  • South Ockendon

  • Stamford Hill

  • Bideford

  • Dunraven Place

  • Gloucester

  • Liskeard

  • Merthyr Tydfil

  • Mutley

  • Nailsea

  • Newquay

  • Paignton

  • Port Talbot

  • Stroud

  • Teignmouth

  • Yate Sodbury

  • Baker Street

  • Bexhill On Sea

  • Cosham

  • Great Portland Street

  • Croydon High Street (10)

  • Kensington

  • Knightsbridge

  • Melville Road

  • Paddington Quay

  • Portsmouth

  • Raynes Park

  • Romsey

  • Westbourne

  • Windsor

  • Worlds End

  • Aldwych

  • Brixton

  • Broadway

  • City of London

  • Clapham Common

  • East Dulwich

  • Eccleston Street

  • High Holborn

  • Houndsditch

  • Islington

  • Kennington Park

  • London Bridge

  • Lupus Street

  • Mount Pleasant

  • Vauxhall Bridge Road

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