Highlights UK to charge customs duties on all parcels from March 2029, ending exemption on items under £135. Retailers warn delay risks making Britain international outlier as US and EU act faster on cheap imports. Currently 1.6 m parcels daily benefit from exemption, twice last year’s figure, costing UK revenue. …
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By Reuters Published November 27, 2025 British retailers have welcomed the government’s decision to start charging customs duties on low-value e-commerce parcels but said a March 2029 timeline is too late and risks making the country an international outlier. A Royal Mail worker pushes a trolley of parcels at the …
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The heads of the Communication Workers Union have acquiesced to Royal Mail’s demand to end six-day-a-week letter deliveries, paving the way for historic cuts to postal services. Royal Mail wants to amend its universal service obligation so that it must only deliver second-class post every other day. Nonetheless, first-class mail …
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