Royal Mail

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 …

Royal Mail postal workers to vote in strike ballotBBC NewsRoyal Mail workers are to vote on whether to strike over pay and other issues linked to privatisation plans. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said that a vote over future pay, and other aspects of the proposed sell-off, could lead to …

Royal Mail IPO 'imminent'Financial NewsA spokeswoman for the UK's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – said the "government has made it clear that it intends to conduct a sale of Royal Mail during this financial year. Beyond that, no decision has been made about the specific timing.and more » More: …

A petition protesting against the coalition's part-privatisation of the Royal Mail will be handed in at Downing Street today. Over 120,000 of the 160,000 names were collected by Exeter postman Darren Rowbotham as part of a growing campaign against the sell-off. Union leaders, Labour MPs and campaigners will join a …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail threatened with post strike in six weeksTelegraph.co.ukGraeme Leach, Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors, said: “Strike action would be unjustified, highly irresponsible and would hit businesses hard. It would serve only to undermine the reputation of the Royal Mail at a time when the focus … …