Alan Duncan has welcomed the news that the Government is to cave into pressure from campaigners and MPs from both sides of the house and re-award the contract for the Post Office Card Account to the Post Office.
After months of dithering and delay, the Government has finally announced the cancellation of the procurement process which they initiated in 2006.
Alan, the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, said the process has been “a humiliation” for the Government, as well as being “deeply destabilising” for an already demoralised Post Office network:
“Post offices, communities and many of the country's most needy people will today be breathing a sigh of relief that the Card Account has been re-awarded to the post office. But this is a decision that the Government has been shamed into making, from a mixture of internal weakness and division in their own ranks.”
And Alan stressed, “This is not a success for the Government, but a triumph for which campaigners deserve the true credit.”
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