Royal Mail

Norwich Evening News Thieving post worker jailedNorwich Evening News, UKA Royal Mail worker who stole more than £70000 to fund an online gambling addiction has been jailed for a year. Norwich Crown Court heard how mother-of-three Patricia Barnes, 39, from Newbegin Road in Norwich, was put under surveillance by Royal Mail…Worker …

Royal Mail: this privatisation is driven by a dogma whose time has …21st Century Socialism, UKas Mandelson introduced the bill to sell off thirty percent of the Royal Mail, one of Britain's two oldest nationalised industries- the other being the Church of England, both created under the rule of Henry the …

Telegraph.co.uk Labor Party opposes Brown on Royal MailUnited Press InternationalAlmost three-quarters, 74 percent, said the Royal Mail is satisfactory and only 14 percent said it needs to change, while only 24 percent support selling a minority share to private interests. Labor unions plan to demonstrate against the proposal …Brown faces …

BBC News Brown renews banker pension pleaBBC News, UKBut he will face a protest by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at plans to partly privatise Royal Mail. Sir Fred's pension pot doubled to £16m last October, guaranteeing the 50-year-old £693000 a year for life, when he agreed to take early …'Fred …

Royal Mail sale opposed by half of small businessesTimes Online, UKSmall businesses are today adding to the pressure on the Government over the sale of a stake in Royal Mail, with nearly half saying that they want the postal group to remain in public ownership. In a survey of more than …

Royal Mail has failed to deliverTimes Online, UKSadly, I doubt whether young Bruno's affection for Royal Mail will survive into adulthood. It is, after all, extremely hard to remain fond of an organisation that treats customers with contempt. When I visited my local post office the other day, … More: continued …

MPs criticised for not blocking Royal Mail saleSwindon Advertiser, UKBy Jeremy Grimaldi » A UNION representative has slammed Swindon’s Labour MPs for failing to back Parliamentary moves to stop the ‘part-privatisation’ of Royal Mail. Chris Rye, branch secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), hit out at North … More: continued …

The Prime Minister faces a backlash tomorrow against plans to part-privatise Royal Mail after a series of concessions to Labour critics failed to head off a growing rebellion. More: continued here

The Government’s Royal Mail revot gre today as more figures joined the protest against plans for part-privatising the service. At least seven ministerial aides have now put their names to a Commons motion opposing the controversial policy – with several indicating they might quit over the issue. More: continued here

GORDON BROWN is facing an ambush from furious Labour and trade union chiefs over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson’s “snake-oil salesman” plans to part-privatise Royal Mail. More: continued here