Is is possible to buy stamps, rather than using franked envelopes?
Yes, you can buy stamps through Parliament and there’s three main ways you can do this. First of all, you can ask your Member to purchase stamps down at the HoC post office and bring them up to you. This isn’t much use during recess, though. Secondly, you can buy stamps at your local post office and then complete a C1 form to claim back the money. Thirdly, you can get your Member to open a constituency office current account at a local bank, and add you to the account as a third party signatory. Then, you can have a debit card and purchase stamps at the post office and pay for them using the debit card, or if your Member doesn’t want you to have a debit card, he can withdraw cash from the account to give to you to buy stamps.
