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Daily Mail Royal Mail pension privatisation: Far from providing a windfall, it turns MPs …Daily MailAccording to the neutral voice of the BBC news website: 'Royal Mail pension fund assets and liabilities are set to be transferred to the government next month, subject to EU approval, the BBC understands. The …

Royal Mail pays out £700k for shoddy service in SussexThe ArgusThe Royal Mail has paid out more than £700000 in compensation for providing a second-rate service in Sussex over the last five years, The Argus can reveal. The payout follows more than 80000 complaints for lost, stolen or damaged mail …

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Royal Mail confirm suspicious package was in fact a paintball gunDiss ExpressA SPOKESMAN for Royal Mail has told the Diss Express the suspicious package that caused the evacuation of Diss town centre today was a paintball gun. Royal Mail spokeman Sally Hopkins said: “We can confirm …

The Drum British Royal Mail features comics characters on stampsComic Book ResourcesBritain's Royal Mail is releasing a set of 10 stamps today featuring a diverse group of comics characters from British comics. They're available to those outside the UK as well and feature internationally famous characters like Judge Dredd and …

Royal Mail online postage hit by more IT problemsCIO UKBy Anh Nguyen | Published: 09:13 GMT, 20 March 12 | Computerworld UK Royal Mail has today suffered another outage in its online postage service due to “technical issues”. The Royal Mail Twitter feed notified customers of the problem at around …

PublicServiceEurope.com Royal Mail move 'shoddy accounting' by UK governmentPublicServiceEurope.comby Philip Booth The government's decision to nationalise the assets of the Royal Mail pension fund while taking on all future liabilities is another example of accounting sleight-of-hand by an administration that really should know better. More: continued here

Ministers pave way for Royal Mail saleMorning Star Onlineby John Millington Ministers were reported on Monday to be poised to take on the Royal Mail's pensions scheme next month in a bid to make the postal service more attractive to privateers. The Communication Workers Union welcomed the plan to protect …

How the government's proposals to take over the Royal Mail Pension Plan will affect its members … past, present and future The Royal Mail Pension Plan's enormous deficit, which currently stands at £9bn, has deterred prospective buyers from making offers for the business. However, the government plans to take over …

The man who posted himself: The suburban accountant who tested the Royal Mail…Daily MailHis patient father Edmund Bray is standing in the doorway accepting the receipt from the postman This is certainly not a facility provided by the Royal Mail today. It still permits the carriage of live bees — …

Royal Mail Pension Windfall To Go On Deficit106 JACK fmA £28bn windfall from transferring Royal Mail pensions to the state will be used to pay down the deficit rather than to invest in major projects, according to the Treasury. Officials believe the deal may be approved in time for Chancellor …