Marion Fellows for Motherwell, Wishaw & Carluke
Today, SNP MP Marion Fellows has called on the UK Government to continue providing public subsidy to Post Office Ltd after figures reveal Scotland is still being hit hardest by the Postmaster crisis. Pre-Covid Post Office figures show that as of 31 March, Scotland had the highest number of temporarily closed Post Offices in the […]
FULL STORY HERE. The Tories are driving the Post Office – yet another valued public service – into the ground through a privatisation regime of managed decline. Post Offices must remain in public hands. It isn’t surprising that branches remain closed for so long. We are in the midst of a Postmaster crisis. They are […]
The SNP has welcomed the news that the Post Office has agreed to pay hundreds of former staff £58m in settlement fees over a faulty accounting system which led to fines, sackings, prosecutions, bankruptcies and jail sentences over the last decade. The SNP led the call for the UK government to step in and address […]
Former MP for the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and the SNP’s candidate, Marion Fellows, will vow to keep fighting to protect Post Office branches in local communities if re-elected on the 12th of December. Mrs Fellows spearheaded the campaign in Parliament to improve remuneration for Subpostmasters as thousands across Scotland and the rest of the […]
At SNP Conference on Sunday, my motion on Post Offices (seconded by Gavin Newlands MP) was passed by acclaim. Our Post Offices must remain in public hands and receive proper support and investment from the UK Government which has adopted a policy of managed decline so they can justify privatising it. Post Offices are a key […]