The government’s plans to sell off up to 30% of the Royal Mail to the private sector have attracted the opprobrium of scores of backbench MPs – but nobody seems to have asked what might happen in such a sell-off to the Postcode Address File (PAF), the list of all the postcodes for 27m addresses…
AFP Mandelson warns Royal Mail sell-off opponentsAFPLONDON (AFP) — Business minister Peter Mandelson warned opponents Sunday of plans to sell off the Royal Mail that they risked handing victory to the opposition Conservatives at the next general election. Mandelson attacked the "scare tactics" of … More: continued here
Mirror.co.uk Royal Mail doubles pension cash for fat cat boss Adam Crozier …Mirror.co.uk, UKBy Stephen Martin 28/02/2009 Fat cat Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier has had his gold-plated pension DOUBLED while posties retirement benefits are in meltdown. Royal Mail paid s6million last year into a pension scheme open only to chief executive Mr … More: continued…
PM jeered over mail plansTeleText, UKGordon Brown refused to bow to pressure from unions and Labour MPs to axe plans to sell part of Royal Mail, warning it is the only way to secure the service. The PM, who was booed and jeered on his way to make a speech in Bristol, said he would listen…
BBC News Papers gloomy on job prospectsBBC News, UKThe Sunday Telegraph says the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has not won over Labour MPs opposed to the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. More than 80% of the rebel MPs questioned by the Telegraph say Lord Mandelson's concessions have not convinced … More: continued here
John Rentoul: Mandelson shock – there's no hidden agendaIndependent, UKWhy is he trying to privatise the Royal Mail, a policy that is unpopular (intensely) with his own party and (less intensely) with the voters, with whom his party has an unavoidable rendezvous in the next 15 months? Which goes to show only that we are ……
Telegraph.co.uk Mandelson raps mail union 'scare'BBC News, UKLord Mandelson has accused postal union leaders of using "scare tactics" in the row over government plans to part- privatise Royal Mail. In an interview with the Observer, the business secretary said union leaders were fighting an "ideological" battle …Brown to Invest 1.9 Billion Pounds in UK’s Royal Mail…
BBC News Mandelson turns on mail criticsBBC News, UKLord Mandelson has accused postal union leaders of using "scare tactics" in the row over government plans to part- privatise Royal Mail. In an interview with the Observer, the business secretary said union leaders were fighting an "ideological" battle …Brown to Invest 1.9 Billion Pounds in UK’s Royal…
Mandelson’s package and the loss of Royal MailTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomRoyal Mail is suffering because of its willingness to comply with EU postal service directives, says Christopher Booker. By Christopher Booker In all the coverage of a possible Labour revolt over Lord Mandelson’s plans to sell off a third of Royal Mail… More: continued here
Mirror.co.uk Gordon Brown facing protests over Royal Mail privatisation plansMirror.co.uk, UKBy James Lyons 28/02/2009 Gordon Brown faces furious protests over Royal Mail privatisation plans at a Labour gathering today. Party and union activists will attack the Prime Minister after Business Secretary Lord Mandelson published plans for … More: continued here