The Guardian Royal Mail pension fund transfer due next monthBBC NewsRoyal Mail pension fund assets and liabilities are set to be transferred to the government next month, subject to EU approval, the BBC understands. The move means that Royal Mail pensioners will enjoy a state guarantee of their retirement benefits.Osborne …

Limits on food stamps needed for abusesDesMoinesRegister.comI can't believe the Register thinks that it is “mean-sprited” for the Iowa Legislature to dictate what foods people can buy with food stamps (March 11, Roses & Thistles). As a state, federal and property taxpayer I think this is a excellent way to …

Some politicians out to sabotage the post officeMarietta TimesI don't know about you, but I've always liked the post office, the postal service. I like to be able to go into the post office and mail my letters and my packages. I like the service there. The post office is …

Recent headlines about the erosion of mail business at U.S. Postal Service have left many wondering how much longer it can operate under the status quo. More: continued here

London, Mar 19 (ANI): Dennis the Menace of The Beano, The Dandy's Desperate Dan and Roy of the Rovers are among the comic-book characters that will be featured on a new set of stamps to be issued by Britain's Royal Mail. More: continued here

Post Office brands tiny dogs a 'danger' to postman and threatens to stop …Ham&HighOwner Maureen Rose, who walks her dogs on Hampstead Heath, received an “insulting” letter from her local delivery office threatening legal action and a stoppage on deliveries to her address unless she kept her pets under better …

Dangerous dogs have long been the bane of the postman’s profession, but these pet pooches seem two unlikely suspects to have hounded their local mailman. More: continued here

Harrow Weald Post Office fire forces evacuation of 30Harrow Observer… floor apartments and nineteen of them were taken to Harrow Arts Centre in Uxbridge Road, Harrow, for refuge after a tyre shop in Long Elmes caught alight at 2.40am yesterday morning and spread to the neighbouring Post Office and convenience …

Posten Norge, Post Nord deny eyeing Nordic mergerReuters| STOCKHOLM, March 19 (Reuters) – Norway's post office Posten Norge and Swedish-Danish Post Nord both denied on Monday a newspaper report that the two state-owned companies were in talks with the aim of forging a pan-Scandinavian postal company.and more » More: continued here

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said in response to reports that the Royal Mail pension fund is set to be transferred to the Government's books: More: continued here