'Threat to our post offices' ; The head of a Cleethorpes post office has expressed concern at potentially devastating decisions, which could affect every pensioner.

From: Grimsby Telegraph | Date: June 14, 2008 | Copyright information

The head of a Cleethorpes post office has expressed concern at potentially devastating decisions, which could affect every pensioner.

Sub-postmistress Shradhdha Masharani, from the Sandringham Road post office, said the possibility they might not get a new pensions system was "an all-round threat to all post offices".

The Post Office Card Account is the natural successor to the pension book. Older people now looking to get their weekly allowance through the post office use the ca...

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