Royal Mail

The partprivatisation of the Royal Mail was killed off by Lord Mandelson last night despite his previously fierce commitment for the plan to go ahead. More: continued here

LONDON, July 2 (UPI) — A postal workers union in Britain plans to strike for three days to protest job cuts and partial privatization of the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Channel 4 News Brown condemns 'personal attacks'BBC NewsThe Tories say the government's apparent U-turn over Royal Mail, a partial climbdown on ID cards and a defeat over part of its bill to "clean up" Parliament …UK's Brown readies for election with policy U-turnsReutersOn the rails with Gordon BrownChannel 4 NewsHAGUE: …

The government is being urged to rescue the Royal Mail’s pension fund on Thursday after plans to semi-privatise the state-owned postal operator were abandoned. More: continued here

The Government has scrapped plans to partprivatise the Royal Mail. We look at the problems this leaves the service with its growing multibillion pound pension deficit. More: continued here

The government has come under pressure to explain what it will do about the pensions deficit at Royal Mail after privatisation plans came through. More: continued here

Failure to resolve the Royal Mail’s huge pension deficit threatens the UK’s universal postal service, it has been claimed. More: continued here

Royal Mail workers pledged on Thursday to go ahead with three days of strikes in London next week despite condemnation from a minister who accused them of sticking their head in the sand. More: continued here

Royal maelstromFinancial TimesBut one of the few areas where the Labour administration was still making progress was in pressing the case to part-privatise the Royal Mail. No longer. …and more » More: continued here

London – The UK government scrapped controversial plans to partially privatize Royal Mail, the state-owned postal company, citing “market conditions.” More: continued here