Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, has written to the chairman of NatWest over the recently announced closure of the bank’s branches in Caistor and Market Rasen.

“These branches are important for local residents and businesses, and their possible closure will be a source of great inconvenience,” the MP of thirty-two years’ service in the Commons said. “I’ve written to Sir Philip Hampton, NatWest’s chairman, objecting strenuously to this change and requesting a meeting with him to discuss the implications.”

“Given the increasing opportunities in rural towns, the mutual interest of people in Market Rasen and Caistor on the one hand and NatWest on the other is at stake, so I hope an agreeable solution can be found.”