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Roundup: should the Royal Mail be privatised?
The Guardian Cuts are inevitable if the buyer seeks large returns: Royal Mail makes relatively small margins and is facing an increasingly competitive environment. It can only return large dividends by cutting services that lose money – e.g in rural areas. The … |
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