Post office network is not viable and its current revenues are under threat
It stands to lose more than £83 million by 2005 in a "no change" scenario
The crisis is not confined to rural outlets - larger urban offices will be hit hardest
Key contracts, such as those for social welfare payments, TV licence collection and saving schemes, are weakening due to price freezes and cuts
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Ideas for new business "do not appear" to be able to eliminate losses
1,800 sub-post offices - run by franchise - are "incapable of surviving unsupported"
A State subvention is the "only real option" to finance losses
Government should determine framework to ensure viability of existing network or "modified" one
