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Post Office plans to axe up to 115 branches and 1,000 jobs branded ‘immoral’ after Horizon IT scandal
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THE elderly face losing another lifeline after the Post Office announced plans today that put 115 branches and some 1,000 jobs at risk.

Communication Workers Union (CWU) called the proposals “immoral” and “tone deaf” in light of hundreds of subpostmasters being victimised by the Horizon IT scandal.

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