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Royal Mail increases cost of first- and second-class stamps from 31 March, two years after last price rise The price of a first-class stamp is to increase by 2p to 62p and second-class by 3p to 53p, Royal Mail has announced. The increases will take effect on 31 March, two …

Royal Mail defends its increase in stamp costsYorkshire PostThe increases will take effect on March 31, two years after the last increase in stamp prices, although the now-privatised Royal Mail maintained it had “thought carefully” about the impact on customers and its business before making the decision. More: continued here

The Times (subscription) Royal Mail puts up price of stampsThe Times (subscription)Consumers and MPs reacted with anger as Royal Mail slapped an inflation-busting increase on the price of stamps, less than five months after the company was sold to private investors. The price of a first-class stamp went up 2p …

Royal Mail hikes stamp prices againexpressandstar.comStephen Agar, Royal Mail's managing director of consumer and network access, said: "We understand that nobody likes to pay more, especially in the current economic climate. Our prices remain amongst the best value for money in Europe, and we have the … More: continued here

Royal Mail, which was privatised last year, is also raising the price of second-class stamps by 3p to 53p, from March 31. More: continued here

Royal Mail to increase price of stampsFinancialAdvice.co.ukHowever, Royal Mail defended the price increases, claiming that their prices were “amongst the best in Europe,” and that they could have increased second class stamps by as much as 7p under the current regulatory framework. John Allan of the Federation … More: continued here

Descrier Royal Mail announces stamp price increases next monthDescrierThe price of a first class stamp is to rise to 62p, with second class stamps rising to 53p from the 31 March, the Royal Mail has announced. This change comes two years since the last stamp price rise, with Royal Mail …

Royal Mail price increases coming – 31st MarchTameBayNewly privatised Royal Mail will be changing prices with effect from 31st March. That gives you just about a month to make any course corrections in reaction. A first class stamp will be increasing in price to 62p and a second class stamp …

'Ransomware' attached to email purporting to come from Royal Mail will permanently encrypt all files on your PC PC users are being warned to be on their guard against emails purporting to be from the Royal Mail and containing CryptoLocker , a malicious piece of software that locks computers with …

ROYAL Mail was today likened to highway robber Dick Turpin by a public furious at its first stamp price rise in two years.         More: continued here