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More than 40,000 workers at UK telecoms giant BT Group are set to strike on July 29 and August 1 against a below inflation pay award for this year. Following the first national rail strike in 25 years last month, the BT action will be the first company-wide strike since …

The so-called ‘summer of discontent’ continues this week, with Post Office workers the latest to walk out over a pay dispute. Unions have warned deliveries and collections could be disrupted Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Man’s mind blown by post office realisation that took …

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who work at 114 Crown Post Offices – those run directly by the Post Office – will walk out on July 11. See the full list of locations below Post Office workers will strike on July 11 ( Image: Getty Images) Thousands of …

Jim Hardbattle, 74, has shown he’s the postie with the mostie after he started as a messenger in May 1963, the same month The Beatles topped the UK chart Jim Hardbattle is the UK’s longest serving postie ( Image: Yorkshire Post / SWNS) Britain’s longest serving postman is hanging up …

The prospect of a national postal strike at the same time as a national rail strike is likely to set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street. Boris Johnson has insisted ministers stay out of any pay negotiations for public sector workers but further strikes in the coming weeks and months …

Just four post offices remain in and around Burton as was announced another one will be shutting down. The Post Office inside Dean & Smedley chemist, in Horninglow Road, Burton, will be closing in August. It means that the office in Asda, Wellington Street and Stretton and Winshill Post Offices …

This Monday marks a bank holiday and busy shoppers looking to run errands at places like B&Q and the Post Office might face different opening hours. Monday, May 2 is the early May bank holiday, followed by the spring bank holiday which has been moved to create an extra long …

With two Easter bank holidays taking place, the post this weekend is expected to be slower over most services. The pandemic has impeded delivery services at times over the last two years, but this delay will be down to a more normal reason – a bank holiday weekend. With the …

The Royal Mail has put up stamp prices by 11% for first-class and 3% for second-class, blaming Brits sending fewer letters and its own rising costs for the rise The Royal Mail said it had no choice but to put its prices up ( Image: PA) The price of first- …

April is a month of financial change bringing with it energy price hikes, a rise to benefits delivered by both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), increases to the National Living Wage, Council Tax and National Insurance Contribution deductions. But there’s a lot …