Royal Mail

Shrewsbury Royal Mail sorting office due to close by Marchshropshirestar.comBut Royal Mail bosses refused to confirm their closure plans and said discussions were continuing with staff. Up to 240 people work at the historic sorting office, which has been processing mail since 1880, and last November union bosses claimed that …

Shropshire’s only Royal Mail sorting office is expected to be fully closed by March next year, it was revealed today. More: continued here

One MP, Douglas Carswell, described his horror when he discovered many of the 351 ‘anti-privatisation’ postcards he has received over the past three weeks were bogus. More: continued here

Yorkshire Post Petition fights Royal Mail privatisationYorkshire PostA 160,000-NAME petition against the Government's controversial plan to privatise the Royal Mail has been handed in to Downing Street, showing the “strong opposition” across the country. More than 120,000 of the names have been collected by Exeter … More: continued here

Daily Mail Douglas Carswell claims many of the 351 'anti-privatisation' postcards he has …Daily MailA union-backed campaign group which opposes Royal Mail privatisation is using the names and addresses of dead people and those with learning difficulties to target MPs, it emerged last night. One MP, Douglas Carswell, described his …

Telegraph.co.uk Dead people's identities used in Royal Mail anti-privatisation campaignTelegraph.co.ukSave our Royal Mail, which is supported and funded by the Communication Workers Union, has confirmed that it has been distributing the postcards. The group said last night they were “disappointed” by the revelations, adding that they had distributed … More: …

A union-backed campaign group which opposes Royal Mail privatisation distributed postcards which were sent to MPs using the names and addresses of dead people, it has emerged.         More: continued here

The Guardian Exeter postman Darren Rowbotham's Royal Mail petitionBBC NewsA Devon postman has collected 160,000 names on a petition opposing plans to privatise Royal Mail. Darren Rowbotham, who has been a postman in Exeter for 13 years, is concerned it could affect the standard of service in rural areas. He …

A 160,000-name petition opposed to the privatisation of Royal Mail is handed in to Downing Street by an Exeter postman. More: continued here

The campaign to save Royal Mail may need saving from itselfTelegraph.co.uk (blog)I've a bit of a soft spot for postal workers. They cheerfully deliver letters whatever the weather. They work hard, putting in long shifts and sometimes anti-social hours. In some parts of my Essex constituency, postmen and women help …