Royal Mail

BBC News New Labour and the meaning of Milibandguardian.co.uk, UKVoters do know what New Labour and Gordon Brown stand for, they stand for the privatisation of Royal Mail, more privatisation of the NHS, identity cards, the illegal invasion of Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, Trident, the DNA database, 42-days detention …Video: …

Royal Mail is braced for further industrial unrest, with unions expected to ballot more regions for strike action as early as this week. It follows the vote last week by postal workers in London to stage a 24-hour walkout this Friday. More: continued here

2 European countries turn plans into cashPensions & Investments, ILThe latest example is the United Kingdom's attempt to take over the £20.1 billion ($31.3 billion) Royal Mail Pension Plan, London as part of a plan to partially privatize the postal company. For European governments, taking over pension assets means … More: …

Gordon Brown’s actions on plans to part privatise the Royal Mail will test the strength of his new cabinet, says Ken Clarke. More: continued here

Members of the public and journalists will be banned from seeing the contents of secret documents on the Cabinet and Royal Family under measures quietly announced by Gordon Brown last week. More: continued here

TCS, Wipro eye $200 mn BPO dealEconomic Times, IndiaBANGALORE: India's top tech firms TCS and Wipro, apart from several multinational rivals, are preparing to bid for a $200-million outsourcing contract being considered by Britain's public postal service Royal Mail Group (RMG). … More: continued here

GM brand is tainted with bailouts, bankruptcy, so is it time for a …msnbc.comPost Office Group to Consignia to Royal Mail— The government-run company that runs Britain's mail service changed its name to Consignia in 2001. It lasted a little more than a year before the company switched over to …

Why Royal Mail Privatisation Is The Only Way ForwardHell Mail, UKDespite continued speculation that the search for a strategic partner for the Royal Mail has been dropped, the government insists that nothing has changed and the partial sale of Royal Mail will go ahead as planned. With major changes to regulation …

Daily Mail Tortoise-racing? It must be the slow boat to St HelenaDaily Mail, UKShe is one of the last serving Royal Mail ships and a lifeline for the South Atlantic island of St Helena. In fact nothing, from donkeys to dynamite, can get to this remote British outpost without her. My …

BBC News New cabinet 'tested' on post planBBC News, UKPushing ahead with plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail is "the test" of Gordon Brown's reshuffled cabinet, says Tory frontbencher Ken Clarke. He said the next steps on the plans would show whether the government was capable of "big decisions". … More: …