Royal Mail delivery shake-up could see end of major service for millions

Royal Mail could soon be allowed to stop Saturday deliveries for second-class letters, as part of Ofcom’s proposed changes that include relaxed postal delivery targets. After a period of consultation, the regulator has tentatively decided that reducing second-class letter services to every other weekday, while keeping six-day-a-week deliveries for first-class …

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Royal Mail set to scrap second class Saturday deliveries

The regulator said that after a consultation, it had provisionally concluded that reducing the second class letter service to alternate weekdays, while keeping first class deliveries six days a week, would continue to meet postal users’ needs. This would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, …

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Royal Mail set to scrap second class Saturday deliveries

The regulator said that after a consultation, it had provisionally concluded that reducing the second class letter service to alternate weekdays, while keeping first class deliveries six days a week, would continue to meet postal users’ needs. This would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, …

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