Yahoo News New map shows every Post Office under threat and you can check to see if you are affected
This new interactive map shows every Post Office at risk of closure - after the organisation announced plans to offload 115 directly-owned Crown Post Offices within its 11,500 branch network.
This could see the branches transferred to retail partners or postmasters - or potentially closed.
It is thought that close to 1,000 workers are based at the branches - and the Post Office has also said that "hundreds of further roles" are under threat.
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Of the affected branches, 40 are in London, which is just over a third of the remaining Crown Post Offices. A further 15 are in the North West - with two in Lancs and two in Cumbria - and five are in Wales.
Post Office chairman Nigel Railton said the shake-up will offer a “new deal for postmasters” by increasing their share of revenue and giving them a greater say in the running of the business as it looks to move on from the Horizon IT scandal that saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted.
The plans, which are subject to government funding, would see average branch pay doubled by 2030, with £120 million in additional pay by the end of the first year.
In an announcement to postmasters and staff on Wednesday, Mr Railton said: “The Post Office has a 360-year history of public service, and today we want to secure that service for the future by learning from past mistakes and moving forward for the benefit of all postmasters. We can, and will, restore pride in working for a business with a legacy of service, rather than one of scandal.”
He added the overhaul also “begins a new phase of partnership during which we will strengthen the postmaster voice in the day-to-day running and operations of the business, so they are represented from the frontline to the boardroom”.
It follows a strategic review launched by Mr Railton in May, but is reliant on funding talks with government, which the Post Office said were “positive and ongoing”.
The government is also said to have been consulted on the possibility of handing ownership of the network to thousands of subpostmasters across the country. The 115 branches put at risk are are Crown Post Offices located in city centres and staffed by Post Office employees.
They are the only remaining branches directly owned by the Post Office, down from close to 400 in 2010. You can see the branches at risk of closure using our interactive map.
