In all the coverage of a possible Labour revolt over Lord Mandelson’s plans to sell off a third of Royal Mail, everyone seems to have forgotten the report from Mandelson's own department last year explaining why our postal service is facing an unprecedented financial crisis. The report made clear that the chief cause of Royal Mail’s huge losses was Britain’s keenness to comp...
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AngloSaxonChronicle on 1st Mar 2009 (via saxontimes.blogspot.com)
The coalition Government is facing the threat of industrial action by postal workers, with a union revolt against plans to sell off parts of the Royal Mail.
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Telegraph on 23rd May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Today the postal workers’ union, the CWU, are lobbying parliamant against the partial sell off of the Royal Mail. The government claims it is necessary to sell a one third stake in Royal Mail due to the huge hole in the pension fund, but Royal Mail took an 18 year contributions holiday on employer side
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SocialistUnity on 24th Feb 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
What should we make of Peter Mandelson's comments about the question of whether to sell off part of the Royal Mail? Peter Mandelson suggested he wants to sell off some of Royal Mail "Frankly, 10 years on, I was surprised this was still an unresolved issue," he tells today's Financial Times. His comments appear to confirm rumours that he will look to sell off a chunk of the Royal Mail, po...
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ChristopherHope on 20th Oct 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
The Government could delay plans to sell a stake in Royal Mail amid fears that private bidders might not offer enough cash The Sunday Telegraph has learned.
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Telegraph on 14th Mar 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Up to 50,000 postal workers jobs were put at risk yesterday after the unelected Secretary of State for Business Lord Peter Mandelson announced that he plans to sell off parts of the Royal Mail
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SocialistWorker on 17th Dec 2008 (via socialistworker.co.uk)
The government may abandon plans to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail after first round offers fell well short of expectations The government is considering abandoning controversial plans to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail after first-round offers fell well short of expectations. A decision on whether to continue with the auction could be taken as early as this week. Whatever the outcome, th...
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Guardian on 1st Jun 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
A report into the future of the Royal Mail due out later is expected to call for the service to be part-privatised.
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BBCPolitics on 16th Dec 2008 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
The proposed part privatisation of Royal Mail, as detailed in the Hooper Report, has taken another hammer blow today from new financial analysis carried out by Compass. It has found that the likely...
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Tigmoo on 21st Apr 2009 (via unionstogether.org.uk)
The chairman of the Commons committee looking into the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail today questioned whether the sell-off would be limited to a 30 per cent stake.
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ePolitix on 1st Apr 2009 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
THE government faced anger from Labour MPs and union leaders last night after it was revealed that a bill to sell off part of the Royal Mail is to be introduced on Thursday.
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Scotsman on 24th Feb 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
