Royal Mail

POSTAL services in Northumberland and Durham could be reduced to just twice a week if Royal Mail is privatised, union bosses warned last night. More: continued here

MPs revolt over Royal Mail planAberdeen Press and Journal, UKBy David Perry and Alan Jones Scottish MPs last night swelled the ranks of a Labour revolt over a government bill authorising the sale of a 30% stake in Royal Mail. Dundee West Labour MP Jim McGovern and Linlithgow and East Falkirk Labour MP Michael … More:…

BATTLE lines were drawn over the future of the Royal Mail yesterday as the Government was accused of “betrayal” and underhand tactics. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Harriet Harman tried to delay Royal Mail privatisation billTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomHarriet Harman, the deputy Labour leader, attempted to delay the publication of legislation to part-privatise the Royal Mail. By Robert Winnett The Prime Minister over-ruled the proposal but there are growing signs of high-level splits within … More: continued here

Harriet Harman the deputy Labour leader attempted to delay the publication of legislation to partprivatise the Royal Mail. More: continued here

MAIL COMMENT: Missed chances to save the Royal Mail More: continued here

Royal Mail privatisation could mean twice weekly deliveriesJournal Live, UKPOSTAL services in Northumberland and Durham could be reduced to just twice a week if Royal Mail is privatised, union bosses warned last night. The Government was told delivery services would be put at risk if Dutch delivery company TNT is allowed to … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Is Social Networking Killing You?New York Times Blogs, NYNo less an authority on the brain’s workings than Susan Greenfield, a professor of pharmacology at Oxford University and the director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, told a British newspaper on Tuesday that social networking sites remind her …Social websites harm children's brains, neuroscientist warn…

Hamish McRae: If we can't run the Royal Mail, we'd better let the …Independent, UKYet here the proposed sale of 30 per cent of the Royal Mail to a foreign buyer, the Dutch TNT, is causing huge concern. That raises three questions. Why the resistance to the sale? Why, given the opposition, is the government so…

Private funding: for and againstguardian.co.uk, UKThe government, which owns 100% of Royal Mail, wants to sell a stake of around 30% in the group to a private postal company. The chief executive of Royal Mail, Adam Crozier, said this could raise "hundreds of millions of pounds" which would be invested … More: continued here