The Post Office has revealed that 115 branches are at risk of closure, affecting around 1,000 workers
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Full list of 115 post offices across the UK that could close

13 Nov 2024, 11:23 by Dan Thompson · Manchester Evening News

The Post Office has announced it could close up to 115 branches - in a move that has put around 1,000 jobs at risk.

The sites under threat, known as Crown Post Offices branches, are the last remaining locations directly owned by the Post Office and are largely located in city centres. In a major announcement on Wednesday, the Post Office said the affected branches could also be transferred to retail partners or postmasters - which means they may not all close.

The Post Office has 11,500 branches across the UK, the majority of which are run by independent postmasters, while some are operated by retailers such as WH Smith, Tesco, Morrisons and the Co-Op. Around 1,000 workers are employed at the at-risk branches, so these jobs have been put under threat too, while the Post Office also confirmed that hundreds of further roles could be axed at its headquarters as it looks to streamline back office operations.

Post Office chairman Nigel Railton said the shake-up would offer a “new deal for postmasters” by increasing their share of revenue and giving them a greater say in the running of the business as it looks to move on from the Horizon IT scandal, which saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted over apparent financial shortfalls caused by faults in the accounting software system.

The sweeping Post Office overhaul is aiming to boost postmaster pay by £250 million over five years
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He said: "The Post Office has a 360-year history of public service and today we want to secure that service for the future by learning from past mistakes and moving forward for the benefit of all postmasters.

"We can, and will, restore pride in working for a business with a legacy of service, rather than one of scandal. The value postmasters deliver in their communities must be reflected in their pockets, and this Transformation Plan provides a route to adding more than £250million annually to total postmaster remuneration by 2030, subject to government funding."

But Dave Ward, Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary, said: "For the company to announce the closure of hundreds of Post Offices hot on the heels of the Horizon scandal is as tone deaf as it is immoral. 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."

According to the Mirror, the full list of branches affected in the shake-up is:

Aldwych
Antrim
Baker Street
Bangor
Barnes Green
Barnet
Belfast City
Bexhill On Sea
Bideford
Birmingham
Bransholme
Breck Road
Bridlington
Brixton
Broadway
Caernarfon
Cambridge City
Canning Town
Chester Le Street
City of London
Clapham Common
Cosham
Cricklewood
Crossgates
Croydon High Street
Dereham
Didsbury Village
Dunraven Place
East Dulwich
Eccles
Eccleston Street
Edinburgh City
Furness House
Glasgow
Gloucester
Golders Green
Great Portland Street
Grimsby
Haddington
Hampstead
Harlesden
Harold Hill
High Holborn
Houndsditch
Hyde
Inverness
Islington
Kendal
Kennington Park
Kensington
Kettering
Kilburn
Kingsbury
Kingsland High Street
Kirkwall
Knightsbridge
Leigh
Leighton Buzzard
Liskeard
London Bridge
Londonderry
Lower Edmonton
Lupus Street
Manchester
Matlock
Melville Road
Merthyr Tydfil
Milton Keynes
Morecambe
Morley
Mount Pleasant
Mutley
Nailsea
Newquay
Newtownards
Northolt
Old Swan
Oswestry
Oxford
Paddington Quay
Paignton
Port Talbot
Portsmouth
Poulton Le Fylde
Prestwich
Raynes Park
Redditch
Roman Road
Romsey
Rotherham
Salford City
Saltcoats
Sheffield City
South Ockendon
South Shields
Southall
Springburn Way
St Johns
St Peters Street
Stamford
Stamford Hill
Stockport
Stornoway
Stroud
Sunderland City
Teignmouth
The Markets
Vauxhall Bridge Road
Wealdstone
Westbourne
Wester Hailes
Windsor
Worlds End
Yate Sodbury