Maintaining the universal service obligation (USO) is becoming more and more onerous as letter volumes decline. Denmark has already taken steps to scrap the USO in the face of an untenable situation for the designated operator in this market. Posten Bring (Norway Post) recognized this issue several years ago and …
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King Charles is expected to attend the Garter Day service with Queen Camilla at St George’s Chapel in Windsor in a week’s time, Buckingham Palace confirmed today. The service for the Order of the Garter on Monday, June 17 will see the installation of four new Companions of the Order …
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Thousands of postal workers across Scotland take a further day of strike action on Friday in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions. Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have been locked in a dispute over changes to working conditions with Royal Mail and shows …
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Luton Borough Council Home News The countdown to the parliamentary election in Luton on Thursday 4 July is underway. Residents will go to the polls to elect a Member of Parliament for the ‘Luton North’ and ‘Luton South and South Bedfordshire’ constituencies. Luton residents 18 years and older are reminded …
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Legal professional privilege (LPP), which allows a party to withhold documents from disclosure, is a cornerstone of the UK legal system. Upholding LPP enables candid discussions between clients and their lawyers, ensuring informed decision-making and representation. However, it is open to misuse. That includes consultations with solicitors used in furtherance …
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The blaze broke out at Super Smart Service in Cley Road, Norton Canes, on May 9, with flames seen coming from the building at around 6.15am. Residents were urged to close their windows and all nearby businesses were evacuated, as crews from three of the region’s fire services were called …
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Eleven years ago, before the privatisation of Royal Mail, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity lobbed a small incendiary into the Square Mile. According to Graham Simpson, Vince Cable, the business secretary leading the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s sell-off, had got it disastrously wrong. It was not because the privatisation of a …
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A young man with profound learning difficulties has been awarded an out-of-court settlement from a company that runs special needs residential schools across the country, after he was abused in a school in Bristol. But no one has been prosecuted over the abuse at St Christopher’s School in Westbury Park, …
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7 Bankers advising Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech billionaire, on his £3.6 billion takeover bid for the parent company of Royal Mail are seeking to shore … Source link
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Privatisation of Royal Mail is one of the biggest scandals of recent times The obvious and right answer is to renationalise Royal Mail But a Tory or a Labour government are unwilling to contemplate this By Dave Ward Updated: 16:55 EDT, 9 June 2024 Perhaps it seems highly unusual for …
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