Royal Mail

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail: ditch the privatisation planguardian.co.uk, UKWe need a plan B for Royal Mail– and fast Senior Labour figures privately admit that the government's controversial plan to privatise Royal Mail is doomed. Gordon Brown cannot afford to alienate the left wing of the party by going ahead with the sale …

Ministers have been accused of spin over Royal Mail privatisation plans after the Government insisted a sell off has only been “delayed” due to the economic crisis. More: continued here

MP Graham Stuart urges constituents to respond to 'North …Nafferton Today, UKGraham wants people to write to Postcomm in response to a public consultation run into the code of practice governing changes to the Postcode Address File (PAF) – Royal Mail's list of the postal addresses of all 27 million households …

IPE.com BIS rejects 'Royal Mail sale is dead' claimIPE.com, UKMedia reports had suggested the measure to sell a 30% stake of Royal Mail to a "strategic partner" had been dropped to avoid a rebellion by MPs, as 180 members including 148 Labour MPs have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) rejecting …

Councillor not sure mail delay sortedEvening Telegraph, UKA Dundee councillor today said he remained unconvinced that postal problems in the city have been resolved, despite assurances from Royal Mail (writes Graeme Strachan). Postal services have been disrupted in recent weeks after workers at the Dundee … More: continued here

Hell Mail A Delivery From Royal MailHell Mail, UKLook, I have tried, I really have, to follow the ramifications of Royal Mail's problems. Is it to be sold and if so, to whom? Anbody offering three and fourpence? What does the CWU propose, or the chap in charge? And who IS …

Sky News PM Meets New Cabinet After Facing Down RebelsSky News, UKThey are expected to discuss concessions on a plan to part-privatise Royal Mail that has provoked an angry reaction from many Labour politicians. It comes at the end of a tumultuous week for Mr Brown. Eleven ministers walked out of …

Mail sorting offices are closed for goodShropshire Star, UKTwo Shropshire Royal Mail delivery offices were today closed with 16 staff moved and a further four made redundant. Operations at Ellesmere and Church Stretton sorting offices were transferred to Oswestry and Craven Arms as part of a Royal Mail move to … …

ABC News Hostilities over, but Gordon Brown is warned: 'We'll be watching you'This is London, UKGordon Brown was put on probation today as he tried to move on from the Labour leadership crisis with a package of reforms and more hints of a climbdown on Royal Mail. The Prime Minister called …

Proposals to part privatise Royal Mail shelvedThe Herald, UKThe part privatisation of the Royal Mail is to be put on hold by the government in an attempt to placate backbench anger against Gordon Brown. In what is being anticipated as a huge victory for rebel backbenchers over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, …