POST OFFICE CLOSURES CONFIRMED

Post Office Ltd has confirmed the closure of all but one of the at risk post offices in the Sussex Express circulation area.

Gary Herbert, Post Office Ltd's network development manager for Sussex, said: 'These are difficult decisions which have not been taken lightly. We have considered very carefully all the comments made during the public consultation.

'We believe that the amended plan announced today offers our customers across Sussex the best prospect for a sustainable network in the future, bearing in mind the Government's minimum access criteria and the other factors the Government has asked us to consider.'

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The only post office on the proposed closure list to get a reprieve is Landport Stores in Lewes.

Postwatch, the consumer body representing Post Office customers, is further reviewing its proposed closure.

The post office branches to close are: North Chailey, Mount Pleasant in Newhaven, Claremont Road and Newick Close branches in Seaford, Upper Dicker, Willingdon, Wannock, Heathfield and Framfield.

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