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Pressure is mounting on Royal Mail to be ‘responsible neighbours’ following its decision to ban its staff from parking their own vehicles at a delivery office. Moreton Hall residents who live near the delivery office in Skyliner Way, Bury St Edmunds, have safety concerns over increased parking in their roads …

The whole of the UK will be given the chance to boost their digital skills and access vital technology under a new inclusion plan announced by the Government. Ministers have said new funding will be provided to train people without the skills needed to adequately use the internet, as well …

Applications were now open to working parents with children who will be at least nine-months-old on or before March 31 Parents warned as deadline looms to secure free childcare hours The deadline for families to secure up to 30 free hours of free childcare is looming. Eligible families have been …

“The loss of that building would be catastrophic” Wirral and Liverpool skyline across the River Mersey(Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo) People said they would hate the idea an historic building that has been around for 137 years could soon close as part of £25m cuts to their area. The closure of …

UK households are re-evaluating their pension and estate planning strategies in light of an impending HMRC rule adjustment. From April 2027, proposed plans under the Labour Party government could result in pensions losing their inheritance tax (IHT) exemption. Experts at Spencer Churchill Claims Advice have voiced concerns, stating: “Many people …

All four workers were offered compensation in what has been deemed “a damning criticism of Royal Mail management.” Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office where the workers were dismissed(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo) Four postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Prenton were unfairly dismissed in a row over …

Several Leicestershire post offices could lose nearly half their profits if Royal Mail proceeds with controversial plans to remove their sorting offices, a county councillor has warned. The proposed changes in Groby and Ratby would see mail sorting operations moved to Meridian at Fosse Park. Under the new proposals, mail …

Royal Mail set to ditch second class Saturday deliveries under Ofcom plans … Source link

Andrea Tucker told the Guardian newspaper she was told to repay £4,600 after caring for her mother for 15 years. Andrea Tucker told the Guardian newspaper she was told to repay £4,600 after caring for her mother for 15 years. An unpaid carer is set to challenge a Department for …

Royal Mail has faced further calls to address the ‘deteriorating’ situation at the Frome sorting office. Anna Sabine MP has written to Ofcom after several attempts to contact the Department of Business and Trade, to which she has received no response. Ms Sabine, the MP for Frome and East Somerset …