The Times (subscription) Royal Mail sale is 'bonanza for speculators at taxpayers' expense'The Times (subscription)Chuka Umunna has urged the Government to pull the plug on the privatisation of Royal Mail to prevent a “massive bonanza” for City speculators at taxpayers' expense. The Shadow Business Secretary said that Royal Mail's property …
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Read More »Royal Mail: Labour Call To 'Pull Plug' On Sale
The Government should "pull the plug" on the privatisation of Royal Mail before the company's shares are sold in two days' time, Labour has said. More: continued here
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