A glimmer of sanity from the Labour Government as they decide to keep the Card Account contract with the Post Office.

What were they thinking about in even considering the removal of this contract as a serious proposal? It just shows how out of touch they have become.

The removal of the Card Account would have created a network of closed ex-Post Offices across the land, with card accounts being operated through faceless cash machines, in petrol stations, corner shops and pubs.

The prospect of a nation of pensioners rising up in anger seems not to have crossed the minds of Ministers until too late, and whilst it is being portrayed as a positive move to save rural communities and services it is a retreat of the most satisfying and substantial size.