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The number of new homes built this year is expected to fall short of the the Government’s target by 100,000, it emerged yesterday. More: continued here

Undeliverable mail headacheTeleText, UK –2 hours agoThe number of badly addressed letters and packets handled by the Royal Mail is set to reach 25 million since the start of the year, figures show. … More: continued here

MPs are expected to join a protest outside Parliament by engineering workers who maintain Royal Mail sites across the country. More than 800 members of the Communication Workers Union will stage a one-day strike in protest at planned changes to shift and attendance patterns. More: continued here

MPs join engineering workers' demoThe Press Association –3 hours agoMPs are expected to join a protest outside Parliament by engineering workers who maintain Royal Mail sites across the country. More than 800 members of the … More: continued here

MPs are expected to join a protest outside Parliament by engineering workers who maintain Royal Mail sites across the country. More: continued here

3000 more post offices could close if Royal Mail loses pensions …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –5 minutes agoThree thousand more post offices could close if the Government does not award a major benefits contract to the Royal Mail in the next few weeks. … More: continued here

SNP Business and Enterprise spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has reacted angrily to reports today (Sunday) that the Department of Work and Pensions are to award the contract for the Post Office Card Account to one of the Royal Mail’s competitors, but plan to delay the announcement until after the Glenrothes …

First off, watching teams compete at the American Royal Barbecue is nothing like viewing a backyard cook-out. More: continued here

Thousands more post offices at riskguardian.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoA delay would suggest the decision could go against the Royal Mail, parent company of the Post Office, and that the government is desperate to prevent what … More: continued here

Royal Mail confirms it will be closing its sorting office in Crewe and transferring work to a new regional centre. More: continued here