Plans have been revealed by the Post Office to close or franchise 115 crown offices, these are branches run directly by the business rather than subpostmasters and are often found in city and town centres.

More than 100 Post Office branches and some 1,000 jobs are at risk under a sweeping overhaul. The Post Office revealed it was looking to offload 115 directly-owned branches within its 11,500 network, which could see them transferred to retail partners or postmasters, or potentially closed.

Post Office under a sweeping overhaul as the group looks to boost postmaster pay by £250 million over five years.