General Election 2024: Postal Votes issued

Ballot papers for the Stratford-on-Avon Constituency have started to be sent out to postal voters across the District for next month’s General Election. Over 15,000 postal vote packs for people already registered to vote by post have now been issued by Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Any changes or new postal vote …

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The Royal Kid’s First Instagram Post Is So Touching

It’s not unusual to see Prince William and Kate Middleton sign off on their social media posts with their initials—”W” and “C” for William and Catherine, for anyone who hasn’t seen the royal posts—but over the weekend, for the very first time, one of the posts from the official Prince …

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Joint Appeal to Protect Rural Postal Services

ACRE, Plunkett UK, and the Rural Services Network (RSN) have jointly signed an open letter addressing significant concerns regarding Royal Mail. The letter is directed to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, emphasising the importance of postal and related services for rural communities. Here is the full text …

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Letters: ‘Pledge on no tax on pensions is misleading’

As a pensioner, I was interested to hear the manifesto pledges relating to the future taxation of the state pension. The Conservatives have announced a manifesto pledge which they say will never tax the state pension in the future, by introducing the ‘triple lock plus’ which would  increase the personal …

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Jersey Post announces customer survey results

93% of islanders rate their on-island postal service as satisfactory to very good, according to Jersey Post’s annual customer survey, undertaken earlier this year. 62% rate their off-island experience (sending to the UK) as satisfactory to very good. Julie Thomas (pictured), MD, Postal and Logistics at Jersey Post, said: “We …

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Look out for your General Election 2024 postal vote pack

Ballot papers are being sent out to registered voters who had applied for a postal vote before May 30. Nicholas Brain, North Somerset Council’s Returning Officer, said:  “Postal votes will start hitting doormats this week with more to follow once the deadline to apply has passed. “We strongly advise you …

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