Submitted on Thursday 26th January 2012
Published on Monday 30th January 2012
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Signatures: 317
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Child ~ Economy ~ HMRC ~ Money ~ Sunderland
Petition against the proposal that HMRC will close 3 local offices within Sunderland which will have devastating effects on the fragile economy
This petition is to oppose the Government's planned closure of Shackleton House and Gilbridge House in Sunderland and Weardale House in Washington.
Although the government says no-one will be made redundant they will be hit in other ways. Increased spending on petrol and bus fares, payments to child care due to extended journey times and the effect on staff of having to leave an office most have been in for many years and friends and co-workers they're familiar with.
If this plan goes ahead it will not only effect the staff working in these buildings but the businesses in the surrounding areas, these workers put a lot of money into the local economy - spending money in the local cafes, sandwich shops, restaurants and bars.
This is yet again another example of the Tory led government heaping misery on the North of the country at a time when people are already struggling.
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