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Daily Mail Outrage over Royal Mail plan to offer cheaper stamps to five million claiming …Daily MailBy Becky Barrow Royal Mail came under fire yesterday over a plan to sell cheaper stamps to five million customers on benefits. Since the Penny Black was introduced in 1840, the company has delivered …

Five million people will be able to buy cut-price stamps to protect them from steep rises in the cost of sending a letter, the head of Royal Mail has disclosed. More: continued here

Benefit claimants will be able to buy stamps at 2011 prices – 46p for first-class and 36p for second-class – while everybody else will be hit by price hikes from April. More: continued here

expressandstar.com Christmas stamp help for poorerexpressandstar.comThe Royal Mail is planning to keep stamp prices this Christmas the same as last year for people of “modest” means, the postal group's chief executive revealed. Moya Greene said she realised any increase in stamp prices was a problem for some families, … More: …

BBC News Neil Lennon 'parcel bomb' trial shown photographs of packageBBC NewsThe High Court in Glasgow heard the A5-sized parcel raised suspicions at a Royal Mail office in Kirkintilloch when a nail burst through it. Trevor Muirhead, 43, and Neil McKenzie, 42, are alleged to have sent suspected parcel bombs …

BBC News Royal Mail chief hints at postal rate rise above 20%Post and ParcelMailers in the UK could be facing increases in Royal Mail postal rates above 20%, once Ofcom brings down the company's regulatory price controls. That was the suggestion from Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene today, as …

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The Royal Mail is planning to keep stamp prices this Christmas the same as last year for people of "modest" means, the postal group's chief executive revealed. More: continued here

shropshirestar.com Change to Market Drayton mail office hours sparks protestshropshirestar.comResidents in Market Drayton today hit out at Royal Mail bosses after the opening hours of the town's inquiry office were slashed. Earlier this month it was revealed the opening hours for the office in Queen Street had been reduced by …

Plans to increase the prices of stamps will not lead to an "affordability issue", the Royal Mail chief executive tells MPs. More: continued here