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POSTIES who were hailed as heroes after working through the pandemic walked out on strike yesterday (Wednesday) over a pay rise dispute. Communication Workers Union (CWU) picket lines were in place outside depots in Hampstead, Kentish Town, Camden Town, Kilburn and St John’s Wood. Royal Mail’s top bosses claim they …

LONDON, AUGUST 26: Striking postal workers on the picket line in Whitechapel on August 26, 2022 in London, UK. More than 100,000 postal workers walk out across the country today in a dispute over pay. Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images LONDON — Postal workers across the U.K. went on strike …

The Eighties was one of the greatest decades in human history. A time when the pop charts were ruled by electronic dance music and new wave and fashion was just awful (big hair and leggings). It was the time of the Rubik’s Cube, VHS tapes and Walkmans and remember when …

A Post Office in a Derbyshire village looks set to move to a new premises after the current postmaster resigned. The Codnor branch has been based at Holmfield Chemist, on High Street, for the past four years. But Post Office services will no longer be available within the pharmacy from …

More details for how the £400 energy payment will be paid have been confirmed following confirmation by the Government that the scheme would go ahead. Officials confirmed on Friday, July 29, that the £400 energy payments would be paid to all households this winter as part of Energy Bills Support …

She said the Jeremy Corbyn era pledge to bring rail, water, energy and Royal Mail back into public ownership was now unaffordable. Ms Reeves has vowed to fund all day-to-day spending with tax revenues and to bring down Britain’s growing debt mountain. “To be spending billions of pounds on nationalising …

Sir Iain, who is backing Ms Truss, said the electronic ballots are “just ludicrous”, adding: “It is complex and will lead to all sorts of challenges, no one will know whether someone voted or did it for them. There hasn’t been a dry run – these things are really complex. …

BT call centre staff “can’t afford to buy themselves or their children food” while the company pays its CEO millions of pounds. More than 40,000 of the telecom giant’s workers, mostly engineers and call centre staff represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), are going on strike on July 29 …

A community campaign to reverse an “act of vandalism” and bring back a postbox to a Plymouth neighbourhood has been hailed a success. The removal of Stoke village’s post box provoked anger but residents, councillor Jemima Laing and Plymouth MP Luke Pollard petitioned for its return. The group has claimed …

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said 97.6% of members who voted in the ballot backed strike action in a dispute over pay The strike could severely impact postal and parcel deliveries ( Image: Getty Images) Postal workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay. …