The comprehensive Post Office network in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency is coming to an end, says a senior member of the National Assembly for Wales, as the UK Government instructs the Post Office to closes five offices in the area.

Michael German AM, local Assembly member and leader of the Liberal Democrats in the National Assembly for Wales was speaking after visiting some of the Post Offices that have been earmarked for closure: “These Post Offices provide key local services.”