The postal service could grind to a halt because of fresh strikes as soon as next month unless a peace deal between unions and Royal Mail management is signed in the next 10 days.
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Telegraph on 14th Jan 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
ROYAL MAIL 13.01.2009 Smith, Geraldine That this House notes that the Labour Party Conference 2008, with the backing of Ministers, supported a vision of a wholly publicly-owned, integrated Royal Mail Group; welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that the current universal service obligation offered by Royal Mail, including six days a week delivery, must be protected and that the primary duty...
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GrimmerUpNorth on 25th Feb 2009 (via grimmerupnorth.blogspot.com)
Royal Mail could be allowed to drop its guarantee to deliver post anywhere in the UK six days a week if it becomes too costly, the Government has admitted.
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Telegraph on 30th Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
THE coalition government's plans to privatise Royal Mail have left a loophole under which the universal service guarantee of six-days-a-week deliveries could be downgraded
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Scotsman on 12th Dec 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Over the next couple of days postal workers will be on strike. They are striking because Royal Mail have left them with no choice. Management intransigence in the face of a simple union request - talks at the conciliation service ACAS - means the workforce had no option. Compass has released a statement today - Saving
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SocialistUnity on 22nd Oct 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
The Government is ruling out privatising Royal Mail, days before the publication of a review into the future of the postal group.
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SkyNews on 15th Dec 2008 (via news.sky.com)
In the last ten working days the Royal Mail has delivered letters to my house twice. On those two occasions I received my large piles of snail mail in the late afternoon. I also receive, on average, two letters a...
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CentreRight on 8th Oct 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
As part of its drive to increase self-service, the Royal Mail is delivering enhanced online customer service through Ask Sarah, a new intelligent web self-service system.
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PublicTechnology on 6th Aug 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
Royal Mail could be allowed to drop its guarantee to deliver post anywhere in the UK six days a week if it becomes too costly, the Government has admitted.
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Telegraph on 7th Dec 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Solomon Hughes reports in today's Morning Star as follows "PETER Mandelson has picked a new post boss. His choice of Donald Brydon as new chairman of Royal Mail shows that, when in doubt, Labour reaches for a banker. Brydon will get £200,000 a year for his two days a week at Royal Mail. This might seem like a lot to you or me, but he has become used to big money from his long b...
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Labourhome on 14th Mar 2009 (via labourhome.org)