Royal Mail

The SNP have today told Labour it must drop plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. SNP MP and spokesman on postal services Mike Weir today called for Lord Mandelson’s plan to part-privatise Royal Mail to be ditched as Labour’s backbench rebellion grew. More: continued here

The planned partial privatisation of Royal Mail is “dead in the water” after Gordon Brown was warned there was little or no chance of getting the controversial move through the House of Commons. More: continued here

Another $20000 as region rallies to helpWarrnambool Standard, Australia –3 hours agoBY PETER COLLINS AND ALEX SINNOTT The coins started flowing on Friday at Dunkeld's Royal Mail Hotel where patrons helped raise $5485 through profits from … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Dutch postmen in orange uniforms start to deliver post in BritainTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –Feb 14, 2009By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor Holland's TNT and other private sector rivals currently use Royal Mail postal staff for the "final mile" doorstep … More: continued here

Last post may sound for Dales community busCraven Herald, UK –18 minutes agoThe community bus service has been run by the Royal Mail twice-daily from Skipton to Malham for more than 15 years and has been a lifeline for many elderly … More: continued here

Mandy's Mail plan is deadMirror.co.uk, UK –6 minutes agoBy Vincent Moss, sundaymirror.co.uk 15/02/2009 Ministers will have to ditch plans for the partial sale of the Royal Mail because of the opposition of Labour … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail deal hit by rebel MPsScotsman, United Kingdom –5 hours agoBy Eddie Barnes Political Editor PLANS to part-privatise the Royal Mail were on the verge of collapse last night as Labour MPs warned ministers that the …Royal Mail privatisation plans 'dead in the water'Telegraph.co.ukRebel MPs undermining Royal Mail, says ministerguardian.co.ukAds …

Painting 'lost' in the post auctioned by Royal Mail for £20Independent, UK –5 hours agoBy Richard Osley and Tom Foot A valuable painting that went missing in the post went under the hammer at a Royal Mail auction. The work by the late painter … More: continued here

The planned partial privatisation of Royal Mail is “dead in the water” after Gordon Brown was warned there was little or no chance of getting the controversial move through the House of Commons. More: continued here

MP challenges Government for answers on WottonCotswold News, UK –5 hours ago"It (Royal Mail) proposes to close a sorting office at Wotton-under-Edge, a small market town in my constituency in which the Sorting Office is a major … More: continued here