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Petition update, 10 August 2009

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The proposed closure has brought wide spread and cross-party condemnation. There have been two Westminster Hall debates (May 2007 and March 2009) that have exposed the “deficits in the consultation process” (Hansard 81WH) and undermined the supposed HMRC savings as having no documented evidence. The PCS submission “Change we can believe in” included costed proposals producing real savings while maintaining the public service and keeping local jobs. The PCS proposals appear to have been ignored (Hansard 80WH). No such costed savings have been provided by HMRC, despite repeated requests from PCS and MPs.

Significant real savings can be made without removing over 100 jobs from the high unemployment area of Great Yarmouth in to the relatively affluent city of Norwich. The cuts disproportionately hit part time workers and women with caring responsibilities and could force experienced staff out of employment.

We call on the Prime Minister to accept the PCS proposals and instruct HMRC to keep the Great Yarmouth office open.

Current signatories

A Gowen, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Pamela Mattey
• Sarah Allen-Melvin
• Andrew Allen-Melvin
• Lee Sutton PCS Anglia Branch
• Lorna Merry
• Robin Jones
• Lewis Bevan
• Geraldine Murray
• Alison Smith
• Brandon Lewis
• Sid Frisby
• Linda Isbill
• Derren Branson PCS DWP Norfolk & Suffolk
• Cyril Gibbs
• Vaughan Thomas
• Lina Curtis
• Paula Waters-Bunn
• Dave Bean
• Jackie Waters
• Richard Jones
• Alan Jones
• Patrick Burnside PCS Anglia Branch
• Colin Fox
• Tim Coxon
• Margaret Rathbone
• Mark Hughes
• Geoff Webb
• Michael T Jeal
• Malo Harvey
• David Thomas
• Mike Black
• D A Hellingsworth
• Andy Gething
• A B Hellingsworth
• B Hornby
• Adam Hornby
• Bob Hornby
• Greta Moore
• John Moore
• Judith Jones
• M Dutton
• Michael Wadsworth
• Steve Lazenby
• sharon johnstone
• Anne Curry
• Alan Valentine
• Sandra Durkin
• Kate King
• Mr Ian Mortimer
• Alex Wilson
• Vivien Thomas
• Steve James
• LEN FLETCHER
• PATRICIA JOY BIDEWELL
• Darren Smith
• Debbie Knights
• Martin Hall
• Philip Clarke
• Tim Greene
• Catherine Greene
• Cathy Cross
• Lynda Freshwater
• John Oswald
• Sarah Brammall
• Louise Grimmer
• Paul D Stead
• Anna King
• Emma Johnson
• Keith Lloyd Aslef Norwich
• Dorothy Payne
• Alan Bitton
• Dan Ingreji
• Jane Fowler
• H O'HARNEY
• Merle Gering
• John Davidson
• Lisa Shaw
• Jeremiah Mondry-Flesch
• Michelle Daniels
• Vicki Brammall
• Christopher Hodder
• Bob Oldfield
• Julian Van Looy
• James Davies
• Sandra Dagnall
• Sheelagh Rose
• Caroline Tubby
• ANDY TAYLOR
• JJ Dagnall
• Maggie Garner
• Craig Galpin
• Ron White
• Karen Lane
• Chris Barclay
• N Nelson
• Marylyn Evans
• sheena farenden
• Julie Hayes
• valerie ward
• M G Bartlett
• Dominic McFadden
• Derek Ward
• Hamish Drummond
• peter bacon
• JULIE WEBSTER
• keith Flett
• Barry Camfield
• Graham Tranquada
• Chris Moon
• Nicola Seyd
• marie lynam
• Sylvia Harber
• Kevin Mc Kenna
• Pete Firmin
• A Reid
• Stephen Ames
• Moray McAulay
• Hugh Wallis
• Hubert Gieschen
• tony conway
• Mary Pope
• Sarah Green
• Barbara White
• Linda Low
• Barry Bentham
• Louis Mac Donald
• Nick McCann
• Ian McCann
• Nick Child
• W. TAVENER
• Julie Weekes
• Megan Dobney
• Rosemary Stebbing Panter
• Roy Lockett
• Andrew McCandlish
• Matt Burrows
• Helen McFarlane
• Teresa MacKay
• Alan Lloyd
• Stephen Harrison
• PETER HARDEN
• Dorothy Amos
• Jason Maguire
• Mel Ewles
• paul travers
• NICKY HEGGIE
• Melanie Jenner
• James Cox
• Liam Day
• Cllr Pat Kelly
• Pam Stacey
• Ruth Harris
• Glyn Tudor
• Dominique Buesnel
• John Gray (UNISON member)
• Lin Martin-Haugh
• Geoff Lange
• C Williams
• Chris Woods
• HILARY O'BRIEN
• j depala
• Timothy Peers
• Arlene Beech
• Stephen Lintott
• Jon Gamble
• Kevin Mchugh
• C Tendler
• Christine Bye
• June Sutton
• steve brinkley
• helen batty
• James Towler
• Ross J Hatfull
• karen Clifton
• John Denton
• DENICE GAJIC
• Stewart Selby
• Catherine Coldbeck
• dick mckinlay
• Kevin Barker
• Dr N Shamoon
• les humphreys
• Richard Hudson
• Del Godfrey-Shaw
• Martin Hynes
• David Pearce
• Andrew Pope
• Jane Clarke
• Richard Banker
• Steve Collins
• Tamara Ouellette
• michele marshall
• Wendy Gaughran
• David Lees
• Justin Bowden
• Roy Humphreys
• Carolyn Edwards
• Mike Weight
• Alison Birmingham
• Kiri Tunks
• Ken Connor
• Julian Wilson
• Alan Hewitt
• Andy Street
• michael cooper
• Nigel Reigate
• Peter Sopowski
• Mike Veric
• Dean Sutton
• Ian Barton
• PETER O'CONNOR
• Frances Aspinall
• Fiona Reid
• Jonathan Ieuan Morgan
• Sarah Sanford
• Michael Castle
• Penny Linden
• Graham Plant
• Shirley Weymouth
• Patricia E Page
• Julie Bremner
• Robert Morten
• Mike Chew
• Mary Dreger
• Mike Woolsey
• michelle jacobs
• Matt Wells
• Eddy Nxon
• Graham V Bowers, Assistant Group Secretary
• ANNE PACKER
• Matthew Bunn
• Shahid Rafiq
• Victoria Matonodze-Hemensley
• Michele Meade
• Nicola Iannelli Popham
• Catherine Foottit
• Dave Parratt
• Mark Allison
• Teresa Carr
• Lynda Priestley
• mel thurlby
• w thurlby
• a debenham
• Neville Blyth
• Michael Cloudsdale
• R J Kelsall
• Heather Barker
• Peter Fisk
• vicky-jayne lee
• John Tann
• mark chapman (support HMRC Peterhead)
• Donna Harris
• Emma-Jane Siddall
• Linda Hogben
• Steve Howkins
• dan harris
• J Goodrum
• J Sparrow
• L Temple
• Martin Menear
• christopher furlong
• Carol Borg