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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney

Post Office plan to close 115 branches and cut jobs condemned as ‘immoral’

a general view of a Post Office in Derby
The Post Office has announced plans to shut down some centrally owned branches while maintaining the rest of its network. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

The Post Office plans to close more than 100 branches and says about 2,000 jobs are at risk in a move that has been condemned by unions as “tone deaf and immoral” after the Horizon IT scandal.

The Post Office confirmed on Wednesday 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.

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