MP joins drive for Post Office support

A CUMBERNAULD and Kilsyth politician has backed calls for the Government to award a DVLA contract to the Post Office in the hope to secure local branches of the organisation.

By Stacey Mullen

Published 8th Sep 2012, 08:00 BST

MP Gregg McClymont believes the soon to be decided DVLA contract should be given to the Post Office.

He said: “The privatisation of Royal Mail by the current Government has put the future of local post offices at risk. The DVLA contract is crucial to securing a viable future.

“I have written to the Government explaining the local strength of feeling and I have asked for a meeting with the minister concerned.”

He added: “The decision on the big DVLA contract is due shortly and I am urging the Government to award it to Post Office. This contract is vital. Without it local Post Offices will really struggle in the future.

“Post Offices are a community service and Government should do all it can to ensure they prosper.”