Royal Mail

A part-privatised, utterly wrecked postal serviceTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomMaybe I should give the Prince of Darkness a chance to set out how he is going to "save" the Royal Mail by carving it up into little bits and selling the best parts to foreign parcel firms. But I just feel we've been …

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Thieving post worker in prisonNorwich Evening News, UKA Royal Mail worker who stole more than £70000 to fund an online gambling addiction has been jailed for a year. Norwich Crown Court heard how mother-of-three Patricia Barnes, 39, from Newbegin Road in Norwich, was put under surveillance by …

ITV.com PM: Royal Mail needs private cashBBC News, UKThe prime minister has defended the government's plan to sell off 30% of Royal Mail, saying it is the only way to safeguard the service. Gordon Brown told Labour's policy forum the service's huge pension deficit made outside investment imperative. …Face facts on …

BBC News Gordon Brown threatens legal action over Sir Fred Goodwin's pensionTimes Online, UKEarlier the Prime Minister was booed and jeered by over 100 Royal Mail protesters as he arrived for the meeting WISE Academy, in Stoke Gifford. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) organised the demonstration over government plans to partly …

Norwich Evening News Thieving post worker jailedNorwich Evening News, UKA Royal Mail worker who stole more than £70000 to fund an online gambling addiction has been jailed for a year. Norwich Crown Court heard how mother-of-three Patricia Barnes, 39, from Newbegin Road in Norwich, was put under surveillance by Royal Mail…Worker …

Royal Mail: this privatisation is driven by a dogma whose time has …21st Century Socialism, UKas Mandelson introduced the bill to sell off thirty percent of the Royal Mail, one of Britain's two oldest nationalised industries- the other being the Church of England, both created under the rule of Henry the …

Telegraph.co.uk Labor Party opposes Brown on Royal MailUnited Press InternationalAlmost three-quarters, 74 percent, said the Royal Mail is satisfactory and only 14 percent said it needs to change, while only 24 percent support selling a minority share to private interests. Labor unions plan to demonstrate against the proposal …Brown faces …

BBC News Brown renews banker pension pleaBBC News, UKBut he will face a protest by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at plans to partly privatise Royal Mail. Sir Fred's pension pot doubled to £16m last October, guaranteeing the 50-year-old £693000 a year for life, when he agreed to take early …'Fred …

Royal Mail sale opposed by half of small businessesTimes Online, UKSmall businesses are today adding to the pressure on the Government over the sale of a stake in Royal Mail, with nearly half saying that they want the postal group to remain in public ownership. In a survey of more than …

Royal Mail has failed to deliverTimes Online, UKSadly, I doubt whether young Bruno's affection for Royal Mail will survive into adulthood. It is, after all, extremely hard to remain fond of an organisation that treats customers with contempt. When I visited my local post office the other day, … More: continued …