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Royal Mail to cap benefits despite liability transferProfessional PensionsA Royal Mail van. The Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP) is planning to cap members' pensionable pay increases as costs escalate and privatisation looms, despite a liability transfer to the government. The RMPP, which supports staff for the Royal Mail and …Financial News: Pensions Woes Haunt Royal…

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by Tenix Pty Limited, of Melbourne, Australia, to supply integrated navigation systems for two new large amphibious assault ships to be built for the Royal Australian Navy. More: continued here

LAST year’s Royal Welsh, held amid widespread floods, made the first financial loss for the show society in 33 years, it has been revealed. More: continued here

Repeat of chaos fear over Royal Mail planMK NewsConcerns have been raised that there will be a repeat of the Christmas postal chaos as Royal Mail announces its intention to modernise another sorting office. When the post giant changed the systems in its Brinklow sorting office last autumn, … More: continued here

More than 96% of 112,000 postal workers vote against sell-off despite each being promised £1,500 of shares Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelming against the government’s controversial plan to sell off the 497-year-old postal service . More than 96% of postal workers said they opposed the privatisation despite the government promising them each about £1,500…