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More than 1,100 residents have signed a petition urging the branch to not be closed in the town centre. 108 wholly-owned branch, including Redditch's, face being axed as part of a national shake-up by the Post Office. The taxpayer-owned business is revising its franchise arrangements that could see other operators, like retailer WHSmith, take on those branches. If not, there's a risk they would shut, which is something customers, and the town's MP are against, as our political reporter James Pearson investigates. A spokesperson for the Post Office told the Â鶹Éç that it's not proposing to close its Redditch branch. They said that as part of the company's five year transformation plan, it's considering the future of its 108 directly-managed branches, which as loss-making. It says it has invited expressions of interest from retail partners and independent postmasters, but says no final decisions have been made on any branches.