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Post Offices

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 1 September 2025UIN 69441

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support post offices.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

The Post Office provides critical services that are valued by communities across the UK and the Government is committed to strengthening the network.

We are backing that commitment with over £500 million of investment during this Parliament, including this financial year up to £136m to invest in new technology and replace Horizon.

Government recently published a Green Paper which seeks to open a dialogue on the Post Office, from the services it provides, how we modernise and strengthen the network, through to how we change the culture at the Post Office. We want to hear from everyone with a stake in the Post Office’s future.

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