Andrew Percy MP has welcomed the news of a 10-year deal between Royal Mail and the Post Office, securing the future of services without resorting to the failed closures programme which dominated Labour’s time in government.

The deal follows the Government’s other measures to protect Post Office services including additional funding of £1 billion, new local and national contracts, a successful piloting scheme to transform many local post offices and improvements in the services offered.

Commenting, Andrew Percy said:

"Our local area lost a large number of Post Offices as a result of the previous Government's closure programme. Long before my election, I campaigned to overturn Labour’s cuts to our Post Offices, which saw them close over 6,500 in a decade. The Government’s announcement means the future of the Post Office is secured guaranteeing this valuable service for millions of people.

Post Offices are the lifeblood of many of our communities and often when we have lost them, villages have also lost their only shop too. We cant undo the closures that have already happened but this new contract offers security for the next decade meaning no Post Office will be forced to close."