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In his foreword, Opperman wrote that the new regulations “will be a huge step forward in providing a major enhancement to the existing occupational pensions landscape, and a third way forward between traditional defined benefit and post 2012 defined contribution schemes”.  He continued: “By allowing pension scheme members to share …

Royal Mail plc – Transaction in Own Shares. The Company announces that on 13 December 2021 it had purchased a total 183,506 of its ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each (the ‘ordinary shares’) on the London Stock Exchange, Cboe BXE and Cboe CXE, through the Company’s broker, Merrill Lynch International, as …

Grant Shapps today blamed ‘distribution issues’ on the lack of lateral flow tests as the Government website revealed delivery slots had run out and pharmacies were told they couldn’t have extra swabs despite entire cities running out.   In an uncomfortable interview with Sky News, the Transport Secretary today claimed there are …

A ‘knackered’ postman caught on camera leaving a frail pensioner lying in the snow after she slipped near to her front door has been sacked, Royal Mail has today confirmed. Thoughtless Thomas McCafferty, 51, was filmed telling grandmother-of-two Patricia Stewart ‘I can’t help you pal’ after spotting her lying on …

Fury has erupted after academics in New Zealand were threatened with expulsion from the Royal Society for criticising plans that would see Maori knowledge added to the school curriculum. Current and former professors at the University of Auckland wrote a letter to the editor of the New Zealand Listener criticising …

Delays at post depots have raised fears of disruption in the run-up to Christmas, as the Royal Mail confirmed that staff absences are now at twice the levels of 2018. Postal bosses have insisted that deliveries are operating normally across most counties, despite rising staff sickness and isolation rates. However, …

Is Meghan ‘bullying’ probe being kicked into long grass? Buckingham Palace inquiry into allegations the Duchess of Sussex bullied staff only interviews ‘a tiny handful’ of people who worked for her Revelation prompted fears the investigation is being ‘kicked into the long grass’ Palace aides announced in March that they …

Watchdogs today demanded stronger protection for parcel customers as it was revealed two in three have had a problem with a delivery in the last three months. Parcel deliveries in Britain have surged 50 per cent to more than four billion a year on the back of the pandemic and …

Does your heart bleed for Sarah, Duchess of York? If not, perhaps it should — at least according to the lady herself. In an interview with a French magazine, Prince Andrew’s ex-wife has described herself as ‘the most persecuted woman in the history of the Royal Family’, citing the disobliging …

Queen and her corgis ‘risk being attacked by wolves or bears’ under Chris Packham’s call to rewild royal estates, Tory peer warns Queen and her corgis ‘risk being attacked by wolves or bears’, Tory peer warned Leading environmentalist Chris Packham has led a call to rewild royal estates But former …