30 January 2025, 09:19 | Updated: 30 January 2025, 09:24 Royal Mail is to be allowed to ditch second class deliveries. Picture: Alamy Royal Mail is set to be allowed to ditch Saturday deliveries for second class letters under plans being put forward by Ofcom. The regulator said that after …
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Royal Mail could soon be allowed to stop Saturday deliveries for second-class letters, as part of Ofcom’s proposed changes that include relaxed postal delivery targets. After a period of consultation, the regulator has tentatively decided that reducing second-class letter services to every other weekday, while keeping six-day-a-week deliveries for first-class …
Read More »Royal Mail to axe second class deliveries on Saturdays under new plans
Royal Mail is considering discontinuing second class letter deliveries on Saturdays and reducing the service to alternate weekdays, according to new plans unveiled by regulator Ofcom. First class post will continue to be delivered from Monday to Saturday, while the price of a second class stamp will remain capped at …
Read More »Royal Mail set to scrap second class Saturday deliveries
The regulator said that after a consultation, it had provisionally concluded that reducing the second class letter service to alternate weekdays, while keeping first class deliveries six days a week, would continue to meet postal users’ needs. This would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, …
Read More »Royal Mail set to scrap second class Saturday deliveries
The regulator said that after a consultation, it had provisionally concluded that reducing the second class letter service to alternate weekdays, while keeping first class deliveries six days a week, would continue to meet postal users’ needs. This would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, …
Read More »Royal Mail should cut second-class delivery days, says regulator Ofcom | Royal Mail
Royal Mail is set to be allowed to deliver second-class letters only on alternate weekdays and not on Saturdays under proposals to shake-up postal service rules announced the industry regulator. Ofcom said cutting second class letters to every other week day, but still within three working days of collection and …
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By CLAIRE ELLICOTT, WHITEHALL EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 16:50 EST, 29 January 2025 | Updated: 17:55 EST, 29 January 2025 The King intervened over the renaming of HMS Agincourt to avoid offending the French, it was claimed last night. Charles reportedly vetoed the name — originally approved by …
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