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Post Office apology for ‘closure’ penalties

By Christopher Adams, Political Correspondent

Published: August 4 2007 04:55 | Last updated: August 4 2007 04:55

The Post Office on Friday apologised for threatening postmasters with the loss of thousands of pounds in compensation if they did not stick to an official script on closures.

The Conservatives accused Royal Mail bosses of using secret police tactics “to demand Maoist conformity to their line”, after the letter, from Sue Huggins, the Post Office’s director of the network change programme, was leaked to the press.

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