Union bosses reject Royal Mail’s ‘best and final offer’ to postal workers as 115,000 staff prepare for 48-hour walkout on Thursday and Friday Communication Workers Union said this is the ‘end of Royal Mail as we know it’ Royal Mail said strikes which have already taken place have cost them …
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Royal Mail workers will strike on seven days in December, including on Christmas Eve, in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, their union has announced. The workers will now walk out on December 23 and 24, in addition to December 1, 9, 11, 14 and 15, the Communication …
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Royal Mail has asked the Government for an early move to cut its letter service to five days a week after unveiling an approximately £219million loss bosses say was worsened by strike action. The postal service is looking to switch from a six-days-a-week letter delivery service to five, covering Monday to …
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More than 550,000 working days were lost to strikes in August and September – the highest in a decade ONS has published estimates for number of days lost to strikes over the summer More than 550,000 missed due to industrial action in August and September Most disputes over pay as …
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King Charles’ decision to allow the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex to deputise for him when he cannot fulfil official duties is a snub to Prince Harry that will make him ‘furious’, a royal expert said last night. The ‘slight’ to the Duke of Sussex and the monarch’s disgraced brother …
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The Royal Family’s social media team embarrassingly had to delete two tweets after wrongly claiming Princess Alexandra was at the Remembrance Day service and misspelling the Countess of Wessex’s title. The official account said the late Queen’s cousin was part of a list of royal attendees at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, even though …
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Prince Andrew felt ‘ambushed’ into giving up his royal titles and ‘forced to step down’ as he plans ‘fightback’ to return to public life after accuser Virginia Giuffre dropped case against US lawyer Prince Andrew felt ambushed into giving up his royal titles, friends claim They say he is frustrated at …
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are unlikely to join the Royal Family at Sandringham for their first Christmas without the Queen. King Charles is understood to have invited Meghan and Harry, who remain ‘much loved’ members of the family despite quitting Royal duties nearly three years ago. But a …
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A ban on old ‘non-barcoded’ stamps has been delayed until next summer in a remarkable victory for The Mail on Sunday and letter writers across the UK. The Royal Mail’s climbdown also sees forms and freepost envelopes being made available at post offices, making the process of swapping old stamps …
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Joachim have both arrived at Copenhagen City Hall to celebrate the monarch’s 50-year reign in the first public show of unity since the Royal Family’s row over titles. Joachim, 53, who is Margrethe’s youngest son, was joined at the event by his second wife Princess …
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