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Dari Taylor MP, left, accepts the petition from

CAMPAIGNERS have sent a 3,000-name petition to Parliament in a bid to prevent their local post office from closing.

Residents of Oxbridge, in Stockton, have rallied together to persuade the Government to keep open the post office at Oxbridge Mini Market.

Carol Chaney and Olive Kay, members of Oxbridge Residents Association, accompanied Stockton Labour Councillor Roy Rix to London on Thursday, where they presented Stockton South MP Dari Taylor with the petition.

She will hand it to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) to ensure their voices are heard.

Dorothy Riddle, of Oxbridge Lane, said: "We have been told to use the post office on the Grange Estate, but there is no bus there from here, so people will have to go into town, instead."

Coun Rix described the response as tremendous, adding: "I think Government is listening and I think those that make the most noise are likely to be most successful."

But Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Stockton South, James Wharton, said: "Labour MPs backed the plans nationally, but some are now trying to be seen to be defending the very offices they are ordering closed.

"Local residents can see through this hypocrisy and the success of the Oxbridge residents in collecting signatures just highlights the strength of feeling."

A spokesman for the DBERR said four million fewer people were using post offices each week than two years ago.

She added: "From the outset, Post Office Ltd has made clear that the process was about how, not whether, the changes should be implemented."

10:40am Tuesday 18th March 2008

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