Times Online Euro elections – Brown to appease voters with Royal Mail delay and …Times Online, UKGordon Brown is to slow down the part-sale of Royal Mail and announce an Iraq war inquiry within days as he tries to prevent dismal European election results strengthening the bid to oust him. The …
Read More »Royal Mail in threat to close pension scheme (Daily Telegraph)
Royal Mail has warned it may be forced to close its final salary pension scheme to existing members if plans to partprivatise the group fail. More: continued here
Read More »Middlewich mother in tears after postman would not take her gift … – Middlewich Guardian
Middlewich mother in tears after postman would not take her gift …Middlewich Guardian, UKA spokesman for Royal Mail confirmed that the company had received a complaint. He said: “We're sorry that Barbara Leybourne is unhappy with the service she has received with Royal Mail. “Our customer service team is currently investigating …
Read More »Union to debate split with Labour – Scotsman
Union to debate split with LabourScotsman, United KingdomGordon Brown will face anger from postal workers tomorrow when one of the biggest affiliates to Labour will decide whether to split from the party in protest at controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. The annual conference of the … More: continued here
Read More »Questions over Royal Mail sale as profits double to £321m – Daily Mail
Metro Questions over Royal Mail sale as profits double to £321mDaily Mail, UKBy Sean Poulter Royal Mail doubled its profits to £321 million last year, leading to calls that plans for a part-privatisation should be axed. Critics of the Govenrment's sell-off plans said the figures demonstrated that the organisation can thrive …
Read More »'Mandelson thought Brown would be an election loser' – U.TV
Telegraph.co.uk 'Mandelson thought Brown would be an election loser'U.TV, UKLabour MPs will demand that he abandons a series of key New Labour policies, with the plan for part-privatisation of Royal Mail – being driven forward by Peter Mandelson – top of the list. More than 140 Labour MPs have already signed …
Read More »Royal Mail in threat to axe pension fund – Times Online
Hell Mail Royal Mail in threat to axe pension fundTimes Online, UKTHE chairman of Royal Mail says he is ready to close the group's final-salary pension scheme, one of the largest of its kind in Britain, if plans to part-privatise Royal Mail fail. Donald Brydon's warning came in the same week …
Read More »Britain’s oldest man celebrates his 113th birthday with help from the Royal Navy (Daily Mail: World News)
Britain’s oldest man celebrates his 113th birthday with help from the Royal Navy More: continued here
Read More »Boarman gets a Royal welcome (The Martinsburg Journal)
HEDGESVILLE – Checking the mail daily, Brittany Boarman awaits the papers to fill out to become a Royal next fall. More: continued here
Read More »Red post box is stolen (Express and Star)
A traditional red Royal Mail post box, made from wrought iron and attached to a black metal stand, has been stolen from Kingsford Lane in Wolverley, near Kidderminster. More: continued here
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