Royal Mail

BBC News 'We were right to be cautious' on Royal Mail – CableBBC NewsBusiness Secretary Vince Cable has defended the timing of the sale of Royal Mail following a report by the National Audit Office that said the government did not secure the best value for money. The report's findings …

Telegraph.co.uk Cable delivers home truths in Royal Mail defenceTelegraph.co.ukIt must therefore have been very uncomfortable for him to have to defend his own department's handling of the privatisation of Royal Mail, the object last week of a scathing report by the National Audit Office which accused the Government of selling …

Ministers were naive to swallow the self-serving bluster from 'long-term' investors who turned out to be nothing of the sort Continue reading… More: continued here

And while we're at it, Vince Cable can come clean about these 16 'priority investors' who sold their shares so quickly Despite his best efforts, David Cameron couldn't bluster his way through the questions asked of him about his government's handling of the Royal Mail sell-off at Prime Minister's Questions …

Express.co.uk Stamp out rivals' cherry-picking: Royal Mail call for an industry shake-upExpress.co.ukRoyal Mail has stayed quiet on the controversy. “That's a matter for the Government,” the spokesman said. Under competition regulations, Royal Mail has to offer access to its services to rivals, including delivering bulk mail collected and sorted by …

Miliband brands PM 'dunce of Downing Street' after NAO report says government dramatically undervalued Royal Mail David Cameron has falsely claimed the Labour party pledged to privatise Royal Mail in its manifesto for the 2010 general election. Cameron just wrong that 2010 Labour manifesto included commitment to sell off Royal …

Labour Urge Vince Cable To Answer Royal Mail'Fire Sale' QuestionsHuffington Post UKVince Cable has come under pressure to explain a number of "unanswered" questions over the government's controversial part-privatisation of Royal Mail. Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said 16 priority investors picked by the government to buy … More: continued here

Chuka Umunna writes to business secretary demanding names of 16 investors, six of whom sold all shares weeks after flotation More: continued here

The Guardian Vince Cable failed to deliver on Royal Mail sell-offThe GuardianGet ready for the government's next sale of Royal Mail shares. Nothing has been announced, it should be said, but consider the facts. The government is free to sell all or part of the state's remaining 30% stake from …

The Treasury was badly advised on the sale, relying on firms accused of unethical practices and corporate greed Thatcher would have screamed, "What! Flogging off her majesty's mail, cheap and to a bunch of spivs?" She always refused to sell Royal Mail. Her latterday apostle on Earth, Margaret Hodge, said …