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A reduced Second Class postal service appears increasingly likely as Ofcom reports on its progress in reviewing potential reform of Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation. The regulator set out two primary options for modernisation of the USO at the beginning of the year, and has now assessed the responses and …

Second-class deliveries could no longer be delivered on Saturdays next year as part of reforms from the postal service’s regulator. First-class letters will still be delivered every day apart from Sunday, while second-class letters will continue to be delivered within three working days. The changes from Ofcom follow a consultation …

Royal Mail may end the delivery of second-class letters on Saturdays and only deliver them on alternative weekdays. under reforms being planned by Ofcom. The regulator considers the changes to the second-class service are needed as part of a review of the the Universal Service Obligation (USO) under which Royal …

Here’s the truth – we send far fewer letters than we used to. Electronic communication is faster, cheaper and (much) more reliable. It is against this backdrop that the watchdog Ofcom kicked off a “national debate” on the future of the Royal Mail’s universal service obligation (USO) at the beginning …

When the board of Royal Mail’s parent company rolled over in May and recommended a £3.6bn takeover offer from a Daniel Křetínský-led bid vehicle, one reason it gave was “significant uncertainty” around regulatory reform. That was a fair description at the time of Ofcom’s leisurely approach to reviewing the universal …

Postal workers fear they could lose their jobs if Royal Mail is allowed to end the delivery of second class letters on Saturdays. Staff have claimed they have been told to prioritise delivering parcels over letters as these are more profitable. An overhaul of the postal service is being considered …

When’s the last time you bought a postage stamp? Granted, to do that you have to locate a post office which will probably be at the back of an off licence, past piles of confectionery, rather than in one of the handsome municipal buildings where they were once to be …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Royal Mail — a business built on delivering messages — has received a clear one from regulator Ofcom: we hear you. The universal service obligation to deliver six days a …

OFCOM faced criticism yesterday for keeping the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in the dark before announcing that Royal Mail could be allowed to end the delivery of second-class letters on Saturdays. The regulator, which is also investigating whether to permit second-class deliveries to be made on alternate weekdays, said the proposed changes …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s communications regulator looks set to allow Royal Mail to end second-class postal deliveries on Saturdays as part of a package of changes that it said was vital to …