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SIR – Sir Tony Blair has suggested that, in certain circumstances, NHS patients should be allowed to pay in order to skip the queue (report, July 6). This from a man who, during his time in power, was instrumental in reducing the on-call duties of GPs, resulting in greater numbers …

SIR – A recent King’s Fund study shows that the NHS is one of the worst health services for saving lives (report, June 26). People die here who would not if they lived in other G20 countries. The NHS is a failed structure. We have well-trained doctors, nurses and allied …

13 December 2022, 07:55 The 2nd class deadline has already been missed but 1st class post will still arrive in time for Christmas. Picture: Alamy The deadline for posting letters to make sure they arrive in time for Christmas has been brought forward. Owing to strike action by Royal Mail …

9 December 2022, 07:52 | Updated: 9 December 2022, 08:42 A huge pile of Christmas post at a sorting office. Picture: CWU Over 100,000 Royal Mail workers go on strike today in the run-up to Christmas in a bitter ongoing row over pay and conditions. A total of 115,000 workers …

6 December 2022, 11:52 | Updated: 6 December 2022, 12:24 Kids don’t have long to send off their Santa letters. Picture: Getty Images/Alamy Parents have been warned that they’ve got less than a week to get their children to write a letter to Santa if they want a reply. With …

SIR – I was unlucky on Monday. I was hacked by fraudsters, which has resulted in my online banking being suspended. I am 81 years old and housebound, and do all my shopping online, including a food order, but now I cannot do this until I receive a new bank …

Royal Mail has said it will need to raise its prices and cut costs due to rising inflation and weak economic growth. In its full-year results for the 52-week period ended March 2022, the postal operator achieved revenue of £12.71bn, up 0.6% on the £12.64bn it achieved a year …

SIR – The Health Security Agency UK tells us some two million lateral flow and PCR tests are performed each day and just under 200,000 of these are positive for Covid. That’s 10 per cent of the tests undertaken. Of people with positive tests, 2,200 (1.1 per cent) go to …

ROYAL MAIL has been delivering letters and parcels for over 500 years and has tons of services available from “signed for” to “UK guaranteed” delivery. We explain the different Post Office delivery package options on offer. 3 If you’re sending an important parcel, there are lots of delivery options from …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1119/31975 From The Socialist newspaper, 3 February 2021 Do you have something to say? Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] – or if you’re not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT. We reserve the right to shorten …