Marion Fellows is backing a campaign from the National Federation of SubPostmasters which aims to have the administrative functions from the vehicle licensing agency retained at local post offices.
A Lanarkshire MP has called on the UK Government to reverse a decision from the DVLA to withdraw its services from post offices.The SNP parliamentarian says the DVLA move, which is due to happen next year, could affect up to 50,000 equivalent full-time jobs in sub post offices across the UK, and that sub-post offices have seen “unprecedented” pressures on their business models through Covid and the cost-of-living crisis.
She has described the DVLA move as “incredible” and says it goes against Tory administration policy which is to make post offices the “front office” of government in communities across the UK. “The Tory administration in Westminster has previously said that post offices would be the ‘front office’ of government in communities across the UK, yet this action is the opposite of that.
“Latest research shows that the use of cash has actually increased, which may be as a result of the cost-of-living crisis.
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