By CALUM MUIRHEAD CHIEF CITY REPORTER Published: 18:48 EST, 15 December 2024 | Updated: 19:14 EST, 15 December 2024 Royal Mail’s takeover by a Czech billionaire has been approved by ministers, it was reported last night. It means that Britain’s postal service — which traces its lineage back to Henry …
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The World Socialist Web Site has received emails from postal workers across Royal Mail Group in response to the article, “Communication Workers Union embraces Kretinsky’s takeover of Royal Mail.” CWU leaders Dave Ward and Martin Walsh have for months spun the private talks they have held with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, …
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The Post Office has announced plans this week to close more than a hundred of its remaining Crown office branches threatening 1,000 jobs. The Financial Times (FT) stated bluntly, “The company said on Wednesday that it would seek to offload 115 branches to retail partners or sub-postmasters, placing 1,000 jobs …
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By Brendan Carlin and Natasha Livingstone Published: 21:29 EDT, 26 October 2024 | Updated: 06:19 EDT, 27 October 2024 It was where the late Queen first met a dashing young naval cadet called Philip Mountbatten, and where the current King and the next one underwent military training. But now the …
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A Labour MP’s husband has been accused of ‘stolen valour’ after wearing an Iraq war badge and reportedly telling coworkers he served in the commandos. Ex-Wolverhampton mayor and former firefighter Cllr Greg Brackenridge, 53, boasted to his voters that he had a career serving in the Marines. Despite allegedly telling …
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The Royle Family star Sue Johnson has been left stunned to discover her connections to royalty during her appearance on ITV’s DNA Journey with Ancestry. The actress, 80, who played Barbara Royle in the iconic BBC sitcom, was joined by onscreen husband Ricky Tomlinson, 85. Sue, who was born in working class Lancashire, …
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The protest at the Labour’s Party congress in Liverpool this weekend highlights the fact that the struggle against the Gaza genocide in Britain now centres on a political struggle against Keir Starmer’s government. The essential question posed is how such a struggle must be waged, on what programme and through …
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The industrial dispute among uniformed civilian seafarers at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) against historic low levels of pay and exploitative conditions by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers (RMT) union is exposing the “left” pretensions of its General Secretary, Mick Lynch. The RMT leader is acting to …
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By Emily Hawkins City Reporter Published: 16:40 EDT, 1 August 2024 | Updated: 17:27 EDT, 1 August 2024 The Government will probe a Czech billionaire’s planned takeover of the Royal Mail. Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services accepted a £3.5billion takeover swoop from Daniel Kretinsky, meaning the postal company is …
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The pro-business agenda of Starmer’s incoming Labour government was typified by its pre-election backing for Royal Mail’s takeover by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. Labour’s Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has worked closely with Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials led by Dave Ward, supporting their policy of “engagement” with Kretinsky’s EP Group to …
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