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  Post Office - Condemns previous Conservative government
  
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  <p>The Majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:</p>
  
  <blockquote>This House condemns the running down of the Post Office under 18 years of Conservative government, which saw 3,500 post offices close, hundreds of thousands of days lost through industrial action, a lack of investment which allowed the Post Office to slip behind its competitors, a failure to give the Post Office the commercial freedom it needed to invest and compete; congratulates the current Government for giving the Post Office commercial freedom to make its own decisions, enshrining the universal service obligation in legislation, establishing a new regulatory framework, bringing in new managers, modernising and supporting the post office network and encouraging partnership between employers and unions; and furthermore notes that Consignia invested Â£296 million in the last financial year, is addressing its cost base, strengthening its management and striving to achieve a world class service in Britain.</blockquote>
  
  
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