TOP RESEARCH AWARD FOR CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Cambridgeshire County Council’s Research Group has taken an award for the best piece of research undertaken by a local authority.

The Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association (LARIA) runs the annual competition and selected the research work carried out in support of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Post Office Network Change Group (CPONCG).

The County Council Researchers prepared a ‘dossier’ of evidence outlining the demography, social impact and alternative provision, of areas where Post Offices were under threat of closure.

The dossier ensured that the closure decisions taken by Post Office Limited were fully informed of all local issues and in fact helped to reduce the number of closures in Cambridgeshire.

Staff from the Rearch Group were members of CPONG, which was chaired by County Council Cabinet Member for Communities, Councillor Fred Yeulett, who said: “Given that this is a national award, voted for by Research peers in LARIA, this is a tremendous achievement.”

The County Council researchers will present their work to the LARIA national conference in April where they will be presented with the award.

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