The news came yesterday that the future of Headingley Post Office has been secured at last. This has been in doubt since February 2016, when Post Office Limited announced proposals to close it and replace it with a franchise counter in another shop.

Yesterday, the Post Office announced to their staff that an agreement in principle has been struck for the Post Office to relocate into Headingley Library. A period of consultation with staff and customers will now begin, and if all goes to plan the Post Office will move into the library March 2018.

Headingley Library itself will close shortly for a refurbishment, and re-open as a Community Hub in March: now complete with the new Post Office. There will be a ‘Pop up’ library in Headingley during the closure.

We are really pleased with this outcome, which preserves vital Post Office services at the heart of Headingley. It has come about thanks to dedicated hard work and campaigning from many people, and we would like to pay tribute in particular to:

• Greg Mulholland and the Headingley Liberal Democrats, who collected thousands of petition signatures online and on paper and wrote multiple letters to Post Office Limited asking them to reconsider their plans
• The Weetwood resident who originally suggested that the Post Office might move into Headingley Library, and Weetwood Liberal Democrat Councillor Sue Bentley who took this forward to the Council.

Greg Mulholland and the Headingley Liberal Democrats campaigning to save the Post Office in March 2016.