Gordon Brown suffered another setback to his plans to part-privatise Royal Mail on Wednesday, as one of the front-runners to buy a stake in the state-owned postal operator pulled out of the bidding. More: continued here
Read More »Brown told by MPs: Royal Mail plan may be your suicide note (Guardian Unlimited)
• No 10 battling to prevent huge backbench revolt • Dilemma over whether to retreat or rely on Tories Gordon Brown’s attempt to dig himself out of trouble and refocus Labour on policy was under threat last night as the future of Royal Mail continued to dominate the political agenda. …
Read More »Royal Mail sell-off hits new hurdle – Financial Times
ITV.com Royal Mail sell-off hits new hurdleFinancial Times, UK – Jean EagleshamBy Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown suffered another setback to his plans to part-privatise Royal Mail on Wednesday, as one of the front-runners to buy a stake in the state-owned postal operator pulled out of the bidding. …Haggling puts privatisation …
Read More »Haggling endangers Royal Mail plan (Guardian Unlimited)
The planned part privatisation of Royal Mail was plunged into further disarray tonight after it emerged that the frontrunner, the Dutch firm TNT, was refusing to match the government’s valuation of the business. Government officials from Lord Mandelson’s business department involved in the auction process are also understood to have …
Read More »Deutsche Post and TNT interest cools over Royal Mail part-privatisation plans (PrintWeek)
The proposed part-privatisation of Royal Mail has hit a stumbling block after two suitors, Deutsche Post and TNT, as well as other possible bidders, reportedly curtailed their interest in the mail operator. More: continued here
Read More »Papers warn Brown over Royal Mail (BBC News)
The government’s plan to sell off part of Royal Mail presents a big risk to Gordon Brown’s leadership, say the papers. More: continued here
Read More »Mail Trends – Viapost – Hell Mail
Hell Mail Mail Trends – ViapostHell Mail, UK – Steve LawsonWhilst there has been a steady rise in the number of postal operators competing with the Royal Mail, not all of them are scaleable or even convenient, but ViaPost provides a way to send a letter from a computer desktop that is fast, …
Read More »North MPs oppose Gordon Brown’s Royal Mail privatisation plan (The Journal)
GORDON Brown remains on a collision course with his own party over privatising the Royal Mail with a dozen North Labour MPs opposing the plan. More: continued here
Read More »Prime minister's questions in full – BBC News
Channel 4 News Prime minister's questions in fullBBC News, UK – Emma Griffiths1159 Lord Strathcylde says the Royal Mail argument is part of the "Labour on Labour spat". 1159 Lord Strathcylde says the review that proposed the disputed Royal Mail plans was good and the Tories will help the government get the measure …
Read More »Lumley in fresh attack on Labour over rights of Gurkhas – Independent
guardian.co.uk Lumley in fresh attack on Labour over rights of GurkhasIndependent, UK – Nigel MorrisThe Prime Minister was also warned by a senior Labour MP that it would be a "kamikaze move" to press ahead with plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. Desperate to get back on the front foot after a torrid …
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