Royal Mail

Noisy protests failed to persuade Gordon Brown to drop plans to sell off part of Royal Mail as he warned critics there was no other way to secure postal services. More: continued here

Shameless Royal Mail doubles pension cash for fat cat boss on £3m …Mirror.co.uk, UKFat cat Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier has had his gold-plated pension DOUBLED while posties retirement benefits are in meltdown. Royal Mail paid s6million last year into a pension scheme open only to chief executive Mr Crozier and …

Post reformation Last week, parliament began debating a bill to part-privatise the Royal Mail, provoking furious opposition in Labour ranks and the threat of a wider rebellion. More: continued here

Gordon Brown took on critics of Government plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail today – urging them to face facts about the massive problems facing the postal service. More: continued here

guardian.co.uk Civil servants attacked for using anti-terror laws to spy on publicguardian.co.uk, UKRoyal Mail widely uses hidden viewing galleries in sorting offices and local authority CCTV to monitor staff. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Controversial surveillance powers employed to fight terrorism and combat crime have been misused by civil … More: continued …

BBC News Brown to Invest 1.9 Billion Pounds in UK’s Royal Mail NetworkBloombergBrown, speaking at a televised Labour Party event today in Bristol, southwest England, said he would invest in the Royal Mail Group Plc, the state-owned postal service, and guarantee a 25 billion-pound ($35.9 billion) pension fund. …PM: Royal …

Telegraph.co.uk Belgians join rush for stake in Royal MailTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe private equity-backed Belgian postal group De Post-La Poste has become the latest in a string of overseas companies to register interest in acquiring a stake in Royal Mail. By Mark Kleinman CVC Capital Partners, the buyout firm which has made …

PM takes on mail criticsTeleText, UKGordon Brown has taken on critics of Government plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail – urging them to face facts about the problems facing the service. The PM said that he recognised the concerns of unions and many Labour MPs and would listen to them … …

Times Online Gordon Brown attacks 'indefensible' bank practicesguardian.co.uk, UKA hundred Royal Mail protesters jeered and booed Brown as he arrived at the forum. The demonstrators were voicing opposition to his plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail, an issue that has split the Labour party. Brown said he was listening to the …

guardian.co.uk Royal Mail: union backlash grows over Mandelson planguardian.co.uk, UKPhotograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images The scale of the backlash against Lord Mandelson's proposals to partly privatise Royal Mail is laid bare today in a warning from Labour's eight largest unions that the proposals are electorally unpopular, … More: continued here