Majority of Lib Dem members back Vince's Royal Mail privatisation plansLiberal Democrat VoiceThe Government has announced plans to privatise Royal Mail. 90% of shares will be made available for purchase by the public, with 10% given to postal service employees for free. To what extent do you support or oppose plans to privatise the Royal…
• Unite pledges to stop compulsory redundancies • Union could join with CWU to fight privatisation Royal Mail is facing industrial unrest on a new front after the Unite union said it would ballot thousands of managers on strike action for the first time since 1979, the year of the winter of discontent. The threat…
Royal Mail and CWU bid to break deadlock as critics round on Peter Mandelson Talks are expected to be held today in a final attempt to avert a planned two-day postal strike as union leaders and Labour backbenchers accuse the business secretary Peter Mandelson of stirring the dispute. Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union…
Ten colourful new stamps go on sale today to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species. The Royal Mail's new stamps commemorate Darwin and the areas of study which inspired his ideas on evolution: zoology, botany, geology, ornithology and anthropology. The six "jigsaw" shape…
• Union calls two-day strike over Royal Mail demands • Modernisation needed to survive, says Mandelson The majority of households and businesses will be without post for two days next week after Royal Mail and unions failed to reach a last-minute deal aimed at averting strike action. The Communication Workers Union announced today that there…
Royal Mail said it has conditionally appointed Equiniti to set up £300m employee share scheme, as postal service moves step closer towards privatisation Royal Mail came a step closer to privatisation on Thursday when it appointed a firm to set up a £300m employee share scheme. As part of the sell-off 10% of shares in…
Postal watchdog says some managers may have received bonuses based on phoney mail delivery times The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after allegations that service quality tests were rigged by workers. Postcomm received an insider tip-off last year that the names and addresses of recipients of test deliveries were circulated among…
Portsmouth News Up to 380 Royal Mail jobs at risk in PortsmouthPortsmouth NewsUP TO 380 jobs at Royal Mail's Portsmouth processing centre are at risk after the company confirmed it is proposing to close the processing part of its business in the city. The move would mean mail will not be sorted in Portsmouth from…
Ian Murray condemns Nick Clegg backing for postal service privatisation while Bow Group warns of political damage Labour has attacked Nick Clegg for being "worse than Thatcher" for supporting the sell-off of Royal Mail. Ian Murray, shadow minister for postal affairs, said Clegg's backing for privatisation of the postal service "confirmed what the public knew…
Daily Mail Royal Mail boss could make a £400000 profit on luxury London flat that YOU …Daily MailThe boss of the Royal Mail has made a potential profit of nearly £400,000 in just 12 months on a luxury flat she bought with the help of taxpayers' cash, it emerged last night. Moya Greene was controversially…