More than 100 North East post offices will become banks under a Labour Government.
It means the post offices will be protected from any potential threat of closure - and local people will be guaranteed a bank in their neighbourhood offering traditional face-to-face service.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said he wanted to ensure a proper bank was available to everyone, even though high street banks have been closing branches.
And he named the post offices that will become part of the planned 'Post Bank' network, a publicly-owned bank that would be set up by the Government.
Mr McDonnell said: “We all love our local post offices, and this plan will protect them by giving them a vital extra role: providing our communities with face-to-face banking.
“This is a plan for defending our high streets: it keeps post offices safe for years to come and brings foot fall back into our town centres.
"Plus it provides finance to local small businesses – especially cooperatives, companies that don’t hurt the environment, and those that do research and development.
“We’re going to take finance out of the hands of the big banks and the speculators – and into the hands of our regions and communities. That’s how we’ll rebuild Britain for the many, not the few.”
The Post Bank will be given initial set-up funding of £2.5bn by the Government. It would mean ending the existing partnership with Bank of Ireland UK, under which many post offices already offer financial services.
As well as offering banking services to individuals, the new Post Bank will provide relationship banking with small businesses, acting as an “on-lender” for the regional development banks, to kickstart SME investment.
Research by Which? has revealed that the UK has lost nearly two-thirds of its bank and building society branches over the past 30 years, from 20,583 in 1988 to just 7,586 today, leaving a fifth of the population two miles away from their nearest branch.
Here are the Post Offices that would be included in the Post Bank network under Labour, according to John McDonnell:
County Durham
Annfield Plain DH9 7XA
Barnard Castle DL12 8BE
Belmont DH1 2AA
Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH
Blackball Colliery TS27 4EA
Brandon DH7 8NN
Chester Le Street DH3 3AA
Church Street DL4 1DY
Cockton Hill DL14 6HS
Consett DH8 5AA
Crook DL15 9BJ
Deneside SR7 8NS
Durham DH1 3NJ
Garden Farm DH2 3EH
Horden SR8 4BU
Langley Park DH7 9XA
Murton SR7 9AA
Newton Aycliffe DL5 4DS
Pelton DH2 1DU
Peterlee SR8 1BS
Sacriston DH7 6JW
Seaham SR7 7EJ
Seaside Lane SR8 3PF
Sherburn DH6 1HA
Shotton Colliery DH6 2LP
Spennymoor DL16 6YQ
Stanley DH9 0HU
West Auckland DL14 9HL
West End DL17 8JN
Willington DL15 0PE
Gateshead
Coatsworth Road NE8 1SQ
Dunston NE11 9AE
Felling NE10 9HH
High Felling NE10 9DY
Jackson Street NE8 1EE
Leam Lane NE10 8XQ
Lobley Hill NE11 0AT
Metro Centre NE11 9YP
Pelaw NE10 0QR
Rowlands Gill NE39 1PZ
Saltwell Road NE8 4XE
Town Centre DH3 2PQ
Winlaton NE21 6AW
Wrekenton NE9 7JD
Newcastle
Barras Bridge NE1 7DQ
Benwell NE4 8B
Benwell Grove NE4 8AA
Blakelaw NE5 3PN
Byker NE6 1DL
Denton Park NE5 2QZ
Druridge Drive NE5 3JE
Gosforth NE3 1DU
Jesmond NE2 2SY
Kingston Park NE3 2SZ
Lemington NE15 8DE
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7DE
North Kenton NE3 3RX
Throckley NE15 9AB
Two Ball Lonnen NE4 9RX
Walker NE6 3DP
Welbeck Road NE6 2HX
Westerhope NE5 5HT
North Tyneside
Battle Hill NE28 9PA
Benton Estate NE12 8GA
Chirton NE29 7QW
Dudley NE23 7AB
Forest Hall NE12 7AR
High Howdon NE28 0LF
Killingworth NE12 6YT
Longbenton NE7 7UH
North Shields NE29 6PT
Tynemouth NE30 4LT
Wallsend NE28 8HX
West Monkseaton NE25 8SS
Whitley Bay NE26 2SY
Whitley Lodge NE26 3HL
Northumberland
Alnwick NE66 1SS
Amble NE65 0DA
Ashington NE63 8RJ
Bedlington Front NE22 5UB
Bedlington Statior NE22 5PP
Berwick Upon Tweed TD15 1BN
Blyth NE24 1AQ
Choppington NE62 5DA
Corbridge NE45 5AD
Crofton NE24 3JA
Haltwhistle NE49 0AZ
Hexham NE46 1LZ
Morpeth NE61 1BA
Ponteland NE20 9PS
Seaton Delaval NE25 0DS
South Tyneside
Cleadon Park NE34 8PJ
Edinburgh Road NE32 4BB
Green Street NE33 5DY
Hebburn NE31 1AA
Horsley Hill NE34 7HQ
Jarrow NE32 3JY
Newtown NE35 9AU
Primrose NE32 5QZ
South Shields NE33 1HT
West Park NE33 4ST
Sunderland
Castletown SR5 3BQ
Chester Road West SR4 7HR
Front Street DH5 9NJ
Fulwell SR6 9BX
Gerrard Road SR4 9QG
Grangetown SR2 9RN
Hylton Castle SR5 3PZ
New Silksworth SR3 1EL
New Washington NE37 2SU
Pallion SR4 6NT
Shiney Row DH4 4QT
Southwick SR5 2AU
Sunderland City SR1 1RR
Villette Road SR2 8RD
