Councillor Ann Blackburn (Green, Farnley and Wortley) met members of the Post Office Network Change team to press the case for retaining three offices in her patch.

These include Oldfield Lane post office and Wortley post office on Tong Road.

Residents using the Heights Drive post office in Armley made their feelings known with a street protest.
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But she said later: "I didn't get any positive vibes. I did my best to put arguments forward but I didn't get the feeling that they would look at them.

"They didn't seem particularly interested in what I had to say and I am not convinced this is a proper consultation. I have it in writing that the Government will not take any notice of petitions.

"That is why I am urging people to send individual letters.

"They have made it clear that the Government has instructed them to close 'X' amount of post offices. They are trimming the ones that don't bring in the money. And they say that if they reprieve some offices, they willl have to close others instead."

Closure of the branches would mean customers faced long journeys or bus changes and crossing busy roads to get to alternative post offices.