Seasoned political watchers have had their eyes glued to the historic high drama of the EU Withdrawal Agreement – but they will have also been watching debates on the Queen’s Speech. A peculiarly British mechanism by which the government of the day outlines its legislative programme, this Queen’s Speech brought …
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Royal Mail have hit their Quarterly target for both 1st Class and 2nd Class on-time mail delivery Quality of Service targets for the second quarter in a row. Royal Mail Quality of Service targets being achieved is significant and for the previous seven quarters they had missed the target. This …
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Royal Mail will finally distribute Christmas gifts. The British postal service company has reached an agreement with its workers, who were preparing a strike this Christmas to protest for their working and safety conditions. Last month, 100,000 postal company workers voted yes to strike. The postal service company …
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Image copyright University of Bristol Image caption Student flats next to Bristol Temple Meads were approved in October The opening of a new £300m campus for the University of Bristol has been delayed by a year. The development near Temple Meads station will house a digital innovation centre, a business …
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The Royal Mail has been accused of falling down on its responsibilities A CUSTOMER who complained to Royal Mail about her letters being dumped on the landing in her tenement was told the problem was her postie was dyslexic. Shan Ross, who lives in the Royal Mile, twice found her …
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Socialist Equality Party stands candidates in UK general election By our reporter 18 November 2019 The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is standing three candidates in Britain’s general election. The party’s election statement puts forward the following essential demands: No to Brexit! No to the European Union! For the United …
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Shan Ross, who lives in the Royal Mile, twice found her mail left in a pile instead of being put through her letterbox. Among the letters was a bank statement, which she says could have been used for identity theft if it had fallen into the wrong hands. After she …
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The spread betting firms expect the UK stocks benchmark to open just one point higher at 7,303.94 The FTSE 100 looks set to resist the upward pull of Asia’s main markets to open flat. Trade optimism floated most boats in China, Hong Kong and Japan, though the mood was dampened …
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Royal Mail has given itself a stamp of approval after exceeding a target for delivering First Class mail the next working day. It said it delivered 94.5 per cent of mail in the DT postcode area, which covers most of Dorset, the next day for the first half of 2019/20. …
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A Barrow resident has hit out at Barrow Council’s contractors for waste collection, saying they failed to pick up his recycling bin. Nigel Lawrence, 57, said FCC – a waste management company that was formed in 2012 and is a subsidiary of a Spanish construction firm – refused to collect …
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