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To: Post Office Ltd.

Stop Staff Cuts at New Malden Post Office

Stop Staff Cuts at New Malden Post Office has been a success! Originally, 4 members of staff were lost, which worked out to 110 hours. This resulted in queue times of, in some cases, 50 minutes! (No exaggeration, we recorded the time!) Thanks to our campaign we have had a massive 75.5 hours restored.

The response to our campaign was phenomenal, with the community really getting behind our campaign.

Please don't cut 2 full time and 2 part time members of staff at New Malden Post Office.

We don't want even longer queues! Please STOP the loss of staff hours at New Malden Post Office.

Why is this important?

This petition is important for the simple reason that the Post Office is a vital part of the community in New Malden, and the only 'main' Post Office for a while around. Even a busy town like Kingston no longer has a main Post Office. The Post Office are trying to cut at least three, potentially four members of staff at the end of April, to be replaced by machines in Mid-May. The people of New Malden don't want machines to pay their bills - they prefer interacting with humans over the counter.

DID YOU KNOW? Since 2012, if these plans are to go ahead, the Post Office will have lost 6 members of staff in 2 years - that's 50%! From 12 members of staff, to 6.

Queues are already long enough now in New Malden Post Office, and it can't manage with 4 staff less. We need the Post Office to recruit new members of staff at New Malden Post Office to make up for this staff loss, and to, in effect, save New Malden Post Office.

(See More at www.coombemonthly.co.uk)
New Malden Post Office, London

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2019-12-20 14:45:18 +0000

Petition is successful with 667 signatures

2014-07-22 09:50:34 +0100

Petition is successful with 656 signatures

2014-07-21 21:21:23 +0100

75.5 hours saved!

Stop Staff Cuts at New Malden Post Office has been a success! Originally, 4 members of staff were lost, which worked out to 110 hours. This resulted in queue times of, in some cases, 50 minutes! (No exaggeration, we recorded the time!) Thanks to our campaign we have had a massive 75.5 hours restored. The response to our campaign was phenomenal, with the community really getting behind our campaign.

2014-07-21 20:53:39 +0100

Petition is successful with 546 signatures

2014-07-21 18:06:24 +0100

Petition is successful with 537 signatures

2014-07-12 20:45:44 +0100

Update to follow shortly!

2014-05-24 21:47:42 +0100

Greetings! We're holding a 'Queue Watch' campaign day on Tuesday outside the Post Office. We want to see how long people are actually queuing now that they are without three members of staff. Please join us at any time between 9:30am and 2pm on Tuesday if you would like to help :) - your support so far is appreciated.

2014-05-13 11:05:59 +0100

500 signatures reached

2014-05-05 22:14:14 +0100

Contacted the P.O. Press Office, Estimated Completion Date for Investigation to be sent to me shortly. Will keep you posted!

2014-05-02 19:48:40 +0100

We have caused the Post Office to start an investigation into this! Keep up the pressure, we can win this key fight for our local Post Office!!! - James

2014-04-17 11:14:19 +0100

Thank you to all who have signed, including Baroness Jenny Jones of the Green Party!

2014-04-17 11:13:51 +0100

300 signatures reached

2014-04-15 19:10:16 +0100

Thank you to all for the support so far... Notable figures supporting our campaign include The Hon. Zac Goldsmith MP, Robin Meltzer and Howard Jones among other local councillors and members of the local community.

2014-04-15 19:08:10 +0100

Thanks to Kingston UKIP for helping Coombe Monthly run the stall yesterday, we had a total of 222 signatures collected at our stall yesterday!

2014-04-14 17:05:09 +0100

250 signatures reached