'Much attention has been focused on rural areas, yet the contribution post offices make to urban areas has been overlooked.  In fact, post offices in urban areas have borne the brunt of recent closures. The last post provides new evidence of the vital social and economic role of urban sub post offices.  The report says that they play a particularly valuable role in deprived urban areas, and outlines the new threats that they now face from changes to the post office network.'
This is a New Economics Foundation's (nef's) paper, published in December 2006. PDF format, 64 pp. In English