Royal Mail

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

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

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

Royal Mail have won their appeal over their controversial Reading Football League Senior Division clash against Highmoor/Ibis on September 20. More: continued here

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

LONDON: The Royal Bank of Scotland announced yesterday that it would slash up to 2,300 jobs in Britain because of the economic crisis. That represents about 2 per cent of the bank’s 106,000-strong UK workforce, the company said. More: continued here

Compensation 'insult' for stolen jewellerySouth Devon Herald Express, UK –5 hours agoAndy Parr of Higher Polsham Road in Paignton fell foul of the theft after a Royal Mail van was stolen during its rounds in the town. Police say the mail van … More: continued here

Hell Mail The Letter From BerrHell Mail, UK –55 minutes agoThey thank me for my letter to Lord Mandelson of 22 December 2008 about [the] Royal Mail, and proceed to use four pages of A4 to tell me about the Post … More: continued here

Royal Mail ends talksMirror.co.uk, UK –12 minutes agoBy Clinton Manning 10/02/2009 Sulking Royal Mail bosses have scrapped rescue talks with union leaders – blaming stories in the Daily Mirror. … More: continued here

Copperas Hill mail centre fight goes onLiverpool Echo, UK –Feb 9, 2009Branch secretary Mark Walsh said: “He told members the union was still trying to get Royal Mail to do a U-turn on their plan to switch sorting from Copperas … More: continued here