Councillor not sure mail delay sortedEvening Telegraph, UKA Dundee councillor today said he remained unconvinced that postal problems in the city have been resolved, despite assurances from Royal Mail (writes Graeme Strachan). Postal services have been disrupted in recent weeks after workers at the Dundee … More: continued here
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Hell Mail A Delivery From Royal MailHell Mail, UKLook, I have tried, I really have, to follow the ramifications of Royal Mail's problems. Is it to be sold and if so, to whom? Anbody offering three and fourpence? What does the CWU propose, or the chap in charge? And who IS …
Read More »PM Meets New Cabinet After Facing Down Rebels – Sky News
Sky News PM Meets New Cabinet After Facing Down RebelsSky News, UKThey are expected to discuss concessions on a plan to part-privatise Royal Mail that has provoked an angry reaction from many Labour politicians. It comes at the end of a tumultuous week for Mr Brown. Eleven ministers walked out of …
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Mail sorting offices are closed for goodShropshire Star, UKTwo Shropshire Royal Mail delivery offices were today closed with 16 staff moved and a further four made redundant. Operations at Ellesmere and Church Stretton sorting offices were transferred to Oswestry and Craven Arms as part of a Royal Mail move to … …
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ABC News Hostilities over, but Gordon Brown is warned: 'We'll be watching you'This is London, UKGordon Brown was put on probation today as he tried to move on from the Labour leadership crisis with a package of reforms and more hints of a climbdown on Royal Mail. The Prime Minister called …
Read More »Proposals to part privatise Royal Mail shelved – The Herald
Proposals to part privatise Royal Mail shelvedThe Herald, UKThe part privatisation of the Royal Mail is to be put on hold by the government in an attempt to placate backbench anger against Gordon Brown. In what is being anticipated as a huge victory for rebel backbenchers over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, …
Read More »PM Meets New Cabinet After Quashing Rebels – Sky News
guardian.co.uk PM Meets New Cabinet After Quashing RebelsSky News, UKThey are expected to discuss concessions on a plan to part-privatise Royal Mail that has provoked an angry reaction from many Labour politicians. It comes at the end of a tumultuous seven days for Mr Brown. Eleven ministers walked out of the …
Read More »Royal Mail plans quietly dropped – Politics.co.uk
Politics.co.uk Royal Mail plans quietly droppedPolitics.co.uk, UKBy Alex Stevenson The government may be hoping to lose its plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail in the post. politics.co.uk has learned the expectation from Labour party backbenchers is the sale of a stake in the postal services provider will be … More: continued …
Read More »Viewpoint: Government must put its stamp on the post – guardian.co.uk
Viewpoint: Government must put its stamp on the postguardian.co.uk, UKLong before it became a political football, the government solicited some sage advice on how to handle the Royal Mail. The worst thing it could do was nothing at all, warned the former communications regulator Richard Hooper. Regardless of the rights … …
Read More »Fault-lines after the EU vote – guardian.co.uk
Fault-lines after the EU voteguardian.co.uk, UKThat would be fine if a different leader followed your argument for a change in policy by accelerating parliamentary reform, backing down on the Royal Mail, ID cards and Trident, acting on youth unemployment and housing. The problem is that Labour … More: continued here
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