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Post Offices: Local Government

Asked by Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 13 November 2025UIN 89259

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to establish a national framework to enable local authorities to provide residents with (a) face-to-face access and (b) payment facilities for local government services thr

Answered by Blair McDougall

While this idea is not something currently under consideration, this Government welcomes all ideas on the future of the Post Office and will keep this idea under review.

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