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ePolitix.com reports on Thursday’s questions about future Commons business, where the Conservatives asked about plans for the Postal Services Bill. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Has Royal Mail bill been lost in the post?The HeraldHowever, more signals emerged yesterday that his initial plan to part-privatise the Royal Mail would not be part of his manifesto for power. …Royal Mail legislation 'lost in the post'ePolitixGovernment suffers embarrassing Commons defeatTelegraph.co.ukLondon select committee backed in CommonsWorthing TodayComputingall …

Gordon Brown yesterday signalled that “high-quality public services” would be at the heart of his bid to stay as Prime Minister and the centrepiece of the UK Government’s draft legislative programme to be unveiled next week. More: continued here

More than 13000 red rubber bands are to be sent back to Royal Mail by the Keep Britain Tidy campaign in protest at postmen littering people’s front gardens. More: continued here

BBC News Charity posts back rubber bandsBBC NewsNow the charity plans to hand them back to Royal Mail in a giant envelope outside its London headquarters. In April, it warned postal workers they were not …and more » More: continued here

Last post for city officeOxford MailBut from now on, Royal Mail will pick up outgoing Oxford post from letter boxes in the city, take it by lorry the 30 miles to Swindon, sort it, …Sorting office to closeWitney Gazetteall 2 news articles » More: continued here

Keep Britain Tidy is delivering a giant envelope containing 13,000 rubber bands dropped by postal workers to Royal Mail. More: continued here

More than 13,000 discarded red rubber bands will be sent back to the Royal Mail by an anti-litter campaign after being scooped off the streets by members of the public. More: continued here

Post ban threat as dogs biteGalloway Today, UKA SPATE of attacks on posties around Newton Stewart has led to Royal Mail chiefs issuing a warning to dog owners. Five postmen have been bitten recently while delivering mail around the town and owners are being asked to keep their pets indoors or …

BBC News Keep Britain Tidy returns 13000 rubber bands to Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UKA ball made of red rubber bands like those used by the Royal Mail. Photograph: Alamy In one of the biggest exercises of its kind, people throughout the UK collected the bands – dropped by postmen on pavements and …