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N ew Royal Mail statistics are set to reveal how some neighbourhoods are receiving post as little as once a fortnight, including in London, according to reports. Insiders have dubbed these postcodes “postal deserts”, according to the Telegraph newspaper, as mail bosses battle with staff shortages and strikes. Royal Mail …

Nick Freeman, the motoring lawyer known as Mr Loophole, said that disruption to the postal deliveries could allow speeding motorists to escape a fine or points on their driving licence.   Laws state that anyone caught speeding must receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) within 14 days of the …

Royal Mail is turning neighbourhoods into ‘postal deserts’ as households claim they only get deliveries once a fortnight By Chloe Louise Published: 20:57 EDT, 10 May 2023 | Updated: 21:03 EDT, 10 May 2023 Royal Mail is turning neighbourhoods into ‘postal deserts’ as they are only delivering as little as …

Posed in the present fight against the Communication Workers Union’s pro-company agreement with Royal Mail Group (RMG) is a political reckoning with the union bureaucracy by the rank-and-file. At the start of last summer, after postal workers delivered massive strike mandates to fight Royal Mail’s attacks, the World Socialist Web …

O utsourcing firm and government contractor Capita has revealed it will take a hit of up to £20 million from a recent cyber attack that saw some customer, supplier and staff data accessed by hackers. The group, which is a major contractor for local authorities, said investigations into the incident …

The Labour MP has built up something of a following on the Left for his perceived skewering of company bosses during his time overseeing the business select committee but the impression was that he had already made up his mind about the Royal Mail chief. This was reinforced by the …

The chief executive of Royal Mail is preparing to step down amid a row over deliveries and after a year-long clash with workers over pay. Simon Thompson, who has spent two years at the helm of Royal Mail, is expected to step down within weeks, according to Sky News. During …

A businessman who supplied sea bass for rock legend Sir Elton John is to open a new fish shop in Somerset. Jonny Burnett, who runs the Conscious Food Co, made sure the flamboyant star had fresh fish delivered to his catering team during his UK tour last year. Seafood supplier …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) is holding a meeting next Sunday, May 14 at 7pm to discuss a fighting programme for Royal Mail workers to defeat the brutal dictates of Royal Mail Group and its stooges in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) bureaucracy. [Photo: WSWS] CWU General Secretary Dave …

The job of taking over Portishead’s only post office will continue to be advertised – despite a deadline for applications having passed. The post office – the only one in the town – closed in January after McColls in the High Street, where it was based, shut its doors. Portishead …