Telegraph.co.uk MPs debate Royal Mail futureTeleText, UK –53 minutes agoMPs are to debate the future of the Royal Mail amid growing controversy over the Government's plans to sell off part of the postal group. …Rebels turn up Royal Mail heatFinancial TimesRoyal Mail ends talksMirror.co.uk15 years to fix recession – or 18 months? …
Read More »Post workers face uncertain future – Ipswich Evening Star
Post workers face uncertain futureIpswich Evening Star, UK –6 minutes agoTHOUSANDS of Royal Mail workers in the region face an uncertain future after the group announced £20million cost cutting plans. Royal Mail denied plans to … More: continued here
Read More »UK unemployed may top two million – BBC News
BBC News UK unemployed may top two millionBBC News, UK –2 hours agoExecutives from Sainsbury's, the Royal Mail, Whitbread, Centrica, National Express and Travelodge are expected to attend Downing Street for the first … More: continued here
Read More »Robbers' appeal fails – Newham Recorder
Robbers' appeal failsNewham Recorder, UK –14 hours agoTWO teenagers who were locked up for their part in the brutal robbery of a Royal Mail employee have failed in challenges to their sentences. … More: continued here
Read More »Future Of Royal Mail Hangs Like A Wet Balloon – Hell Mail
Hell Mail Future Of Royal Mail Hangs Like A Wet BalloonHell Mail, UK –4 hours agoThe way to do that (apparently) was to hound Royal Mail into slashing its operating costs to try and make it perform like a commercial enterprise but with … More: continued here
Read More »15 years to fix recession – or 18 months? Mandelson and Balls disagree – guardian.co.uk
15 years to fix recession – or 18 months? Mandelson and Balls disagreeguardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoThey say that he was unusually unimpressive and pretty bland, dodging contentious issues like the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Read More »Rebels turn up Royal Mail heat (Financial Times)
Lord Mandelson came under pressure from Labour backbenchers on Monday to reconsider his plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. The business secretary defended the policy speaking to scores of MPs at the regular gathering of the Parliamentary Labour party in the Commons. More: continued here
Read More »MPs to revolt over Royal Mail – The Sun
MPs to revolt over Royal MailThe Sun, UK –Feb 8, 2009By DAVID WOODING MORE than 100 Labour MPs have signed a Commons petition urging the Government to shelve plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Read More »Mail appeal boosts title hopes (Reading Evening Post)
Royal Mail have won their appeal over their controversial Reading Football League Senior Division clash against Highmoor/Ibis on September 20. More: continued here
Read More »16000 postal jobs at risk – if we don’t fight – Socialistworker.co.uk
16000 postal jobs at risk – if we don’t fightSocialistworker.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoPostal workers woke up to shocking newspaper headlines last week that talked of 16000 job losses at Royal Mail. Our CWU union says it has seen evidence that … More: continued here
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