Social Security

If pensioners living in remote areas find that because of Government policy their pensions increase only in line with average prices, and if because of Government policy their local post offices have to close and they face a longer journey to collect their pensions, they will face greater financial burdens as a result of Government policy. That is not reflected in the pension increase that the Government are giving them. If the Government adopt a policy of wholesale post office closures, surely they should give pensioners in remote rural areas larger increases because of the greater distances that they must travel.