All votes are to be counted in the Stretford and Urmston by-election despite a Royal Mail strike around the time of the polls, Trafford Council reassured residents. The by-election is scheduled for December 15 after Kate Green stood down to take over as the Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester some …

A commuter has revealed how he saved £360 on a single journey to and from work after purchasing nine separate tickets. Kieran Maguire, 60, was shocked when he learned that his return journey from Haywards Heath to Liverpool Lime Street would force him to fork out £441.20. The lecturer has …

Royal Mail workers will strike again this week as part of a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have held a series of walkouts in recent months, which Royal Mail claims have cost it £100m. Workers walked out last Thursday and Friday, coinciding with Black Friday, …

Workers in Britain have been in motion conducting walkouts and strikes, with hundreds of thousands of workers expected to carry out more labor actions before the new year. Rail workers have led the charge, encouraging workers in a range of occupations to follow suit.  British Postal workers strike, Nov. 24. …

A post box unveiled in Edinburgh to recognise the new monarch found itself at the centre of an explosive constitutional row. Seventy years ago, new-style pillar boxes were being installed across Britain ahead of the Queen’s coronation and bore the Latin ‘EIIR’ insignia, meaning Elizabeth II Regina. However, many critics …

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I’M already heartily sick of the new winter of discontent, and brassed off with self-righteous union barons braying about how hard done-by their membersare. My income isn’t going up in line with inflation, and nor is that of anybody else I know. I’m not happy about that and nor are …

The UK’s biggest postal firms are underperforming according to research carried out by Opinium Research and published by Citizens Advice. The criteria they looked at included cost, customer service and accessibility requirements. Five major parcel firms were examined in the research – Royal Mail, Amazon Logistics, DPD, Yodel and Evri …

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email As inflation has climbed steadily throughout year, workers have seen rising prices eroding their earnings – just as employers have been trying to make savings or modernise working …

Royal Mail bosses are being branded as “woke” after they banned postmen from flying patriotic flags on the company’s 48,000 vans and lorries during the World Cup. All flags – of England, Wales and other countries – are barred from the Royal Mail’s delivery vehicles, as well as from tens …