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guardian.co.uk Embattled: Gordon Brown will meet Labour backbenchers who oppose …Daily Mail, UKGordon Brown faces a bitter new showdown tomorrow with Labour MPs over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail which threatens to further loosen his grip on power. Backbench rebels vowed to call on the Prime Minister to ditch the proposals to sell off …Video:…

Royal Mail sale shortchanged taxpayer, says watchdogYorkshire PostThe coalition's decision to sell a 60 per cent stake in Royal Mail last October for 330p a share has been heavily criticised by opposition politicians as too cheap after shares in the firm have risen since then by as much as 87 per cent. “The … More:…

[ad_1] The owner of Royal Mail has backed a £3.5bn offer for the postal company from a Czech billionaire after he sweetened the value of his planned takeover, creating a political headache for the government. Last month, Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distributions Services (IDS), rejected a preliminary offer worth 320p a share, or £3.1bn,…

Strike action by postal workers in the capital is averted after a union reaches a deal with the Royal Mail in a dispute over job cuts. More: continued here