Decision puts 2,000 jobs at risk overall as part of ‘streamlining’ plans that will include £250m pay increaseThe Post Office plans to close 115 branches and says about 2,000 jobs are at risk in a move condemned by unions as “tone deaf and immoral” in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal.The Post Office confirmed on Wednesday that it was seeking to offload 115 branches, known as crown post offices, it centrally owns, but said it expected to maintain the total network at 11,500 branches across the UK.AldwychAntrimBaker StreetBangorBarnes GreenBarnetBelfast CityBexhill-on-SeaBidefordBirminghamBransholmeBreck RoadBridlingtonBrixtonBroadwayCaernarfonCambridge CityCanning TownChester-le-StreetCity of LondonClapham CommonCoshamCricklewoodCrossgatesCroydon High StreetDerehamDidsbury VillageDunraven PlaceEast DulwichEcclesEccleston StreetEdinburgh CityFurness HouseGlasgowGloucesterGolders GreenGreat Portland StreetGrimsbyHaddingtonHampsteadHarlesdenHarold HillHigh HolbornHoundsditchHydeInvernessIslingtonKendalKennington ParkKensingtonKetteringKilburnKingsburyKingsland High StreetKirkwallKnightsbridgeLeighLeighton BuzzardLiskeardLondon BridgeDerryLower EdmontonLupus StreetManchesterMatlockMelville RoadMerthyr TydfilMilton KeynesMorecambeMorleyMount PleasantMutleyNailseaNewquayNewtownardsNortholtOld SwanOswestryOxfordPaddington QuayPaigntonPort TalbotPortsmouthPoulton-le-FyldePrestwichRaynes ParkRedditchRoman RoadRomseyRotherhamSalford CitySaltcoatsSheffield CitySouth OckendonSouth ShieldsSouthallSpringburn WaySt JohnsSt Peters StreetStamfordStamford HillStockportStornowayStroudSunderland CityTeignmouthThe MarketsVauxhall Bridge roadWealdstoneWestbourneWester HailesWindsorWorlds EndYate Sodbury Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-11-13 13:24:00
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Post Office to close 115 branches and cut jobs to fund subpostmaster pay rise
