Royal Mail has announced it will be changing the parcel delivery options which will help to keep them more safe and secure. The postal service will soon allow customers who have the Royal Mail app to choose a designated ‘safe space’ for their mail to be left if they aren’t …
Read More »Royal Mail workers describe wave of victimisations and bullying: “Our lives have been devastated”
Postal workers have contacted the World Socialist Web Site to share their views in response to last week’s article, “Royal Mail’s new regime: PDAs used to sack workers for tea break at local pub.” Six workers remain sacked from Prenton DO in the Wirral. Eleven posties were initially suspended for …
Read More »MP demands action over Exmoor post office crisis
Post Office officials have been urged to ensure the withdrawal of services from five Exmoor villages is as short-lived as possible. Current outreach facilities provided by the Dulverton postmaster are due to cease on October 1st, leaving villagers in Brompton Regis, Oakford, West Anstey, Rackenford and Hawkridge with no access …
Read More »3 firms who fleeced Royal Mail of £70 million over 10 years plead guilty one week into 2-month fraud trial
Three companies who fleeced Royal Mail of at least £70million over ten years have changed pleas just one week into their trial. Millions of pounds were pocketed in the fraud, which involved the under-declaration of mail that was posted through a network of logistics companies in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. On …
Read More »Residents angry at ‘awful’ Royal Mail service in Yeovil area
Work is being done to improve an “awful” Royal Mail service in the Yeovil area as the local MP declares “we need action fast”. Residents in parts of Yeovil and the surrounding villages have become exasperated by infrequent post in recent months. Some locals claim there have been occasions where …
Read More »Tribute to Royal Mail worker whose death left colleagues ‘inconsolable’
Staff at a Stoke-on-Trent Royal Mail office have paid tribute to a much-loved colleague by naming their new building in his honour. Steve Cooper, of Chesterton, died unexpectedly in March last year of a massive heart attack, leaving his family, friends and colleagues devastated. The 62-year-old, who had three children …
Read More »Royal Mail’s new regime: PDAs used to sack workers for tea break at local pub
Do you have any information about the sackings at Prenton Delivery Office or the use of PDAs to victimise workers? Get in touch using the form below. Your anonymity will be protected. Postal workers from Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office say the company used tracking information taken from hand-held devices—Postal …
Read More »Royal Mail fraudsters bought ‘multi-million-pound mansion, Bentley, a Rolls Royce and pool house’
A family that deprived Royal Mail of £70 million over a decade owned a ‘multi-million-pound mansion’ and bought properties ‘like Donald Trump’, a court has heard. Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, and his nephew Balginder Sandhu, 46, were part of a scheme to under-declare mail posted through a network of logistics companies …
Read More »Three in court over £70m Royal Mail fraud
Family members connected to a print, mailing and postage business have been accused of carrying out a massive £70m fraud against Royal Mail. Yesterday (15 August), Southwark Crown Court heard that the alleged fraud involved under-declared mail involving “tonnes of mail”. The company said to be at the centre …
Read More »Royal Mail fraudsters bought properties ‘like Donald Trump,’ court hears
A family that deprived Royal Mail of £70 million over a decade owned a “multi-million-pound mansion” and bought properties “like Donald Trump,” a court has heard. Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, and his nephew Balginder Sandhu, 46, were part of a scheme to under-declare mail posted through a network of logistics companies in Buckinghamshire …
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