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Martin Lewis and his Money Saving Expert team have issued an urgent alert to Royal Mail customers over the impending price hike of first-class stamps. The BBC Sounds and ITV star spoke out via his MSE team on Friday after the rise in prices for first-class stamps was confirmed. Second-class …

UK households have been warned to stock up on first-class stamps in September – before a price hike in October. Royal Mail has declared a significant 30p hike in the price of a first class stamp, citing “urgent” financial challenges. From October 7, the cost of a first class stamp …

Royal Mail’s decision to raise the price of first-class stamps by 30p has been branded ‘scandalous’ – with people saying they will stop sending cards. It was announced on Friday that from October 7 the price of a first-class stamp will rise by 30p to £1.65 – a rise of …

Royal Mail has declared the cost of first-class stamps will go up by 30p amid ‘very real and urgent’ financial woes in the firm.  From October 7, the price of first-class stamp will stand at £1.65, whilst the cost of second-class stamps won’t budge, staying at 85p. As the amount …

The Royal Mail has announced a significant 30p increase in the price of a first class stamp. They have said the move has been made in a response to “urgent” financial challenges. The price rise comes into effect from From Monday, October 7 and means the price of a first …

The Royal Mail will introduce a new 30p hike on first-class stamps from October 7. Royal Mail has announced a 30p increase in the price of a first class stamp, explaining the “urgent” financial challenge it faces amid the ongoing Cost of Living crisis. The price of first class stamps …

In January, regulator Ofcom began offering consultations on the future of the universal postal service. According to the regulator, the agency is now concentrating on implementing improvements to the second-class service, while maintaining first-class delivery six days a week. Second-class deliveries would only occur on alternate weekdays under the proposed …

Such a fate would greatly undermine the core purpose of the service. As the Greetings Card Association warns, the proposals appear to take the country “one step closer to the dismantling of a postal service that’s affordable and reliable”.  Some would say it stopped being either of those things some time …

By Jessica Clark Business Reporter Published: 17:38 EDT, 5 September 2024 | Updated: 17:39 EDT, 5 September 2024 Households face losing second-class deliveries on Saturdays. Ofcom yesterday unveiled proposals to let Royal Mail reduce the cheaper post to every other weekday. First-class deliveries would still be six days a week. …

When’s the last time you bought a postage stamp? Granted, to do that you have to locate a post office which will probably be at the back of an off licence, past piles of confectionery, rather than in one of the handsome municipal buildings where they were once to be …