Delegation could meet Transport Minister to fight for local DVA jobs
Politicians from a number of political parties attended the meeting in the Lodge Hotel on Thursday evening.
In December 2011, the Department for Transport in Westminster proposed the closure of 39 regional Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) offices across the UK, in order to centralise the service at its headquarters in Swansea.
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Hide AdNIPSA union representatives told the meeting that Coleraine could not afford to lose over 300 jobs in the town and also questioned the efficiency of moving the service to Swansea in Wales.
One of the panellists, Assistant Secretary of NIPSA, Ryan McKinney, told the audience that highlighted various problems with the proposed centralisation of work from Coleraine to Swansea were “lost in a press release which tries to portray a picture which is all roses and perfume”.