Farron, who represents Westmorland and Lonsdale, raised his concerns in Parliament following the announcement of a strategic review of the operation of the Post Office, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

It revealed it could get rid of 115 directly owned branches, including Furness House in Barrow.

Farron said the same branch was threatened with closure three years ago.

“We won our campaign to save it, partly because Post Office Ltd was able to see that there was no space at WH Smiths in Kendal to take the post office, that has not changed” , he declared.

The campaign also argued that Royal Mail could lose its sorting office due to a closure.

“What has changed is that two other major banks, Halifax and Lloyds, have deserted Kendal town center under the pretext that they claim we have the post office nearby and they will be able to take over,” he added. Farron said.

Halifax and Lloyds are expected to close in February.

There are still a number of bank branches in the town, including Barclays and HSBC.

In response, Thomas said: “There are significant additional costs associated with directly managed branches and it is true that the Post Office is also looking at these issues. »