Royal Mail

PM takes on mail criticsTeleText, UKGordon Brown has taken on critics of Government plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail – urging them to face facts about the problems facing the service. The PM said that he recognised the concerns of unions and many Labour MPs and would listen to them … …

Times Online Gordon Brown attacks 'indefensible' bank practicesguardian.co.uk, UKA hundred Royal Mail protesters jeered and booed Brown as he arrived at the forum. The demonstrators were voicing opposition to his plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail, an issue that has split the Labour party. Brown said he was listening to the …

guardian.co.uk Royal Mail: union backlash grows over Mandelson planguardian.co.uk, UKPhotograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images The scale of the backlash against Lord Mandelson's proposals to partly privatise Royal Mail is laid bare today in a warning from Labour's eight largest unions that the proposals are electorally unpopular, … More: continued here

A part-privatised, utterly wrecked postal serviceTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomMaybe I should give the Prince of Darkness a chance to set out how he is going to "save" the Royal Mail by carving it up into little bits and selling the best parts to foreign parcel firms. But I just feel we've been …

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Thieving post worker in prisonNorwich Evening News, UKA Royal Mail worker who stole more than £70000 to fund an online gambling addiction has been jailed for a year. Norwich Crown Court heard how mother-of-three Patricia Barnes, 39, from Newbegin Road in Norwich, was put under surveillance by …

ITV.com PM: Royal Mail needs private cashBBC News, UKThe prime minister has defended the government's plan to sell off 30% of Royal Mail, saying it is the only way to safeguard the service. Gordon Brown told Labour's policy forum the service's huge pension deficit made outside investment imperative. …Face facts on …

BBC News Gordon Brown threatens legal action over Sir Fred Goodwin's pensionTimes Online, UKEarlier the Prime Minister was booed and jeered by over 100 Royal Mail protesters as he arrived for the meeting WISE Academy, in Stoke Gifford. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) organised the demonstration over government plans to partly …

Norwich Evening News Thieving post worker jailedNorwich Evening News, UKA Royal Mail worker who stole more than £70000 to fund an online gambling addiction has been jailed for a year. Norwich Crown Court heard how mother-of-three Patricia Barnes, 39, from Newbegin Road in Norwich, was put under surveillance by Royal Mail…Worker …

Royal Mail: this privatisation is driven by a dogma whose time has …21st Century Socialism, UKas Mandelson introduced the bill to sell off thirty percent of the Royal Mail, one of Britain's two oldest nationalised industries- the other being the Church of England, both created under the rule of Henry the …

Telegraph.co.uk Labor Party opposes Brown on Royal MailUnited Press InternationalAlmost three-quarters, 74 percent, said the Royal Mail is satisfactory and only 14 percent said it needs to change, while only 24 percent support selling a minority share to private interests. Labor unions plan to demonstrate against the proposal …Brown faces …