Everyone should be able to access their bank accounts at their local post office, rather than having to travel miles to a nearby bank, a Government minister has said.

Umm, OK then: How about going a different way – not back to nationalisation or further into privatisation? How about real public ownership and workers’ control? Imagine if the Royal Mail became the People’s Post, owned by each and every person in the UK, secure beyond the grabbing hands of politicians and their

 from the CWU Plans by the new coalition government to privatise Royal Mail have been slammed by the CWU as “regurgitated failed policies.” Despite the company’s strong financial performance and newly agreed three-year modernisation strategy, the government has unveiled proposals to split Post Office Limited from Royal Mail Group and privatise the UK’s postal service. ...

Royal Mail could be sold off - although the post office network will stay in state hands, The Daily Telegraph has learned.

Plaid Cymru are accused by Labour of considering a deal with Tories, as other main parties in Wales highlight help for the family and post office closures.

SCOTTISH Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott accused Labour MPs of doing nothing to stop the Post Office network being "decimated". He made the claim as he visited a post off

The Lib Dems hit out at Labour's "decimation" of the Post Office, as the party hits the election campaign trail in Scotland.

I've just had the misfortune of seeing the latest propaganda sheet from New Labour floating around the Newport streets. Jessica Morden MP's election claim is that she is a 'strong voice for Newport East' and that she 'speaks up for you at parliament'. Would this be the same Jessica Morden MP that campaigned locally against Post Office closure but voted for them at Wes...

The government has announced plans to turn the Post Office into a 'people's bank' as both main parties prepare a blizzard of pre-election policy initiatives

Clive Betts MP (Sheffield Attercliffe) has asked Sheffield City Council to assist the re-opening of Darnall Post Office. In a letter to the City Council’s Chief Executive today, Clive Betts says that: * progress has now been made in discussions between the Royal Mail and Darnall Forum about finding new accommodation; * it appears that none of the Council’s much-publicised fund to suppo...