Tories set to revive part-sale of Royal MailFinancial TimesA Conservative government is likely to implement plans shelved by ministers this week to part-privatise Royal Mail, rather than sell off …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Sale of Royal Mail stake shelved by ministers – Financial Times
Sale of Royal Mail stake shelved by ministersFinancial TimesThe part-privatisation of Royal Mail was formally put on hold by Lord Mandelson, who yesterday told peers …and more » More: continued here
Read More »New era for Theale Royal Mail (Reading Evening Post)
Theale Royal Mail start training under their new name on Sunday and are keen to add to their Saturday and Sunday squads. More: continued here
Read More »Lord Mandelson’s humiliating climb down on Royal Mail (Daily Telegraph)
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
Read More »Union plans strike at Royal Mail (UPI)
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
Read More »Brown condemns 'personal attacks' – BBC News
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: …
Read More »Gov’t urged to save Royal Mail pension fund (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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
Read More »Royal Mail pension deficit: what’s it all about (Daily Telegraph)
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
Read More »Govt battles Royal Mail aftermath (Politics.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
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
Read More »Pensions ‘threat’ to Royal Mail (BBC News)
Failure to resolve the Royal Mail’s huge pension deficit threatens the UK’s universal postal service, it has been claimed. More: continued here
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