Royal Mail

We should privatise Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UK –17 hours agoI found that he wanted to open everyone's letters, and he could do that only by creating the Royal Mail." By contrast, even that arch privatiser Margaret … More: continued here

Brown faces Labour revolt on post saleFinancial Times, UK –5 hours agoJim McGovern said he had quit as parliamentary private secretary to business minister Pat McFadden in protest at the government’s plans for the Royal Mail… More: continued here

PM determined on Royal MailFinancial Times, UK –3 hours agoBy Jean Eaglesham and John Willman Gordon Brown signalled his determination to override cabinet concerns about plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail, … More: continued here

A positive future for Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoYour leader correctly concludes: "Ministers should have begun by asking themselves how best they could build upon the achievements of the Royal Mail and the … More: continued here

Daily Mail Labour MP quits Government over Mandelson's Royal Mail part …Daily Mail, UK –10 hours agoBy James Chapman A junior member of the Government resigned today as a Labour rebellion over plans to sell off almost half of the Royal Mail to a foreign … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail: Jim McGovern quits as Government aide over part …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –17 hours agoA Government aide has resigned in protest at Peter Mandelson's plan to part-privatise the Royal Mail. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent Jim McGovern, … More: continued here

Letter: Your View – Mail MiseryGlasgow Daily Record, UK –2 minutes agoWHO can blame Business Secretary Peter Mandelson for wanting to offload the lame duck outfit that the Royal Mail has become? Royal Mail is losing cash … More: continued here

UK plans Royal Mail stake sale, TNT interestedReuters –2 minutes agoBy David Milliken LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – British business minister Peter Mandelson said state-owned postal operator Royal Mail should be part-privatised … More: continued here

A ministerial aide quit today in protest at Government plans to partly privatise the Royal Mail. Jim McGovern resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Business Minister Pat McFadden. More: continued here

Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll & Bute, today questioned Postal Services Minister, Pat McFadden, on the future funding of Royal Mail. Mr Reid was speaking in the House of Commons after the publication of the Hooper review of UK postal services. More: continued here