The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee calls for a Yes vote in the ballot on political funding in the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Our call is against the campaign by CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and his cronies on the executive to promote Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party as a friend …
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Royal Mail is to recruit 16,000 temporary workers to help with deliveries and sorting over Christmas. Some of the positions will be located in two parcel hubs in Daventry, Northamptonshire and Warrington, Cheshire. There will also be jobs at 37 mail centres as well as five temporary seasonal parcel sort …
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Royal Mail is increasing the price of its stamps next week and people are being urged to ‘bulk buy’ to avoid the price hike. But what do you do with your old stamps? We took a look at what Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis suggests people do with their old …
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A member of the Royal Family will read a CBeebies bedtime story next week for World Sight Day. The Duchess of Edinburgh will stress the importance of valuing our eyesight when she reads Specs For Rex by Yasmeen Ismail on October 10 for the BBC children’s channel. Sophie, who is …
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Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images Pink Floyd fans holding out hope that one day David Gilmour and Roger Waters would put away their differences and perform together again are bound to be disappointed. The pair have been at odds for years, but their relationship turned particularly rocky last year when Gilmour’s wife …
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Saturday 30 November is the final day to get your letters in to Father Christmas if you’re hoping for a reply. Understandably the man is very busy so with the help of the Royal Mail, he’s hoping to reply to as many people as possible, with a personalised response.And it’ll …
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UK postal operator Royal Mail has confirmed it is preparing for the peak festive season, with 16,000 additional workers set to be hired between late October and January 2025 to assist its 85,000 posties sort the mail and the increasing number of parcels it expects to process. The temporary peak …
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Standard first class stamps will go up from £1.35 to £1.65 from Monday 7 October – a rise of 22%. A large first class stamp goes up even more, from £2.10 to £2.60 – a rise of 24%. Stock up now with stamps for Christmas and you could save yourself …
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‘Stamp! Stamp! Stamp! It’s what I’ve done on stage all my life, sometimes in the air. At last my stamping, and that of my buddy Roger, has been honoured properly’ – Pete Townshend The Who are being celebrated with a special set of Royal Mail stamps ( Image: PA Media) …
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(Credits: Dena Flows) Thu 3 October 2024 10:24, UK To celebrate 60 years since the formation of The Who, the Royal Mail have announced a special selection of stamps to honour the British rockers. Founded by guitarist Pete Townshend and lead singer Roger Daltrey in the early 1960s, the Who …
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