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The SNP have questioned the UK Government’s commitment to supporting small business after warning over the impact of proposals to give Royal Mail powers to charge an unlimited price for first class stamps while the cost of second-class postage could rise by more than 50 per cent. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Stamp price hike will have 'disastrous' effect on elderly and vulnerableTelegraph.co.ukBy John-Paul Ford Rojas Royal Mail wants to increase the cost of second class stamps from 36p to 55p from April while under the plans there would be no limit on the price of a first class stamp, currently …

Postbag full of mail discovered in streetSouthend StandardIt was a big bag, full of mail – some as recent as January 20. The guy said he had called Royal Mail to report it and they told him to post it back into the nearest post box. “I did not catch …

Adrian Bailey, chairman of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, and Ian Senior, independent postal economist, debate the pros and cons of raising the price of stamps. More: continued here

Plans to raise the price of stamps are likely to have a "disastrous" effect, with the elderly and the vulnerable – as well as small businesses – among the worst hit, according to an MP leading a Commons probe into the proposals. More: continued here

Stamp price hike small business warningSNP (press release)The SNP have questioned the UK Government's commitment to supporting small business after warning over the impact of proposals to give Royal Mail powers to charge an unlimited price for first class stamps while the cost of second-class postage could … More: continued …

A VAN driver was killed yesterday in a horror road smash with a Royal Mail lorry. More: continued here

For 45 years, Mr. Whitaker managed to keep good relations with those he covered, even though he sometimes used tactics associated with the tabloid press. More: continued here

Driver dies in smash with mail truckThe Scottish SunA WRECKED van lies on its side at the side of a debris-strewn road yesterday — after the driver died in a horror smash with a Royal Mail truck. Emergency crews raced to the scene of carnage on the A944 near Westhill, …

LONDON — James Whitaker, considered by many of his peers to be the dean of the tight-knit pack of reporters who specialize in covering the British royal family, had the good fortune that comes to those in all walks of life who fall into jobs to which they are innately …