WEST WORCESTERSHIRE MP Harriett Baldwin has this week written to the Post Office calling for further investigation of a proposed move after it was announced that the town’s sorting office services may be affected.
The MP has asked for the Post Office to ensure that a new location if found for the sorting office before it is re-located to Bowkett’s Nisa store in Market Square.
The proposed move is currently out for consultation and local people are being encouraged to have their say.
However, the move may have an impact on the sorting office – an effect which is not being considered in the consultation process.
Harriett said: “Now that the Post Office and Royal Mail are separate trading entities, I have been concerned that the two organisations are not talking to each other to understand the potential wider impact of this proposal.
“Although I entirely understand the reasons for making this change, I don’t want it to be rushed through, leaving the sorting office without premises.
“I have written to the Post Office to ask it to make sure that they aren’t planning a change which may massively impact on Tenbury residents and businesses.
“Of course, at the end of it, we would hope for a Post Office that has longer opening hours and an identical service, but it should not be at the expense of the valued local sorting office.”