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Dubbed the biggest privatisation since Royal Mail, Channel 4 will go up for sale ahead of the next general election, the Government has announced. The decision, which was confirmed on Monday, came as concerns about Channel 4’s finances were exacerbated by the Covid pandemic. Now, a foreign owner could step …

The elderly could be left out of pocket and isolated by an impending shake up of the postal system, campaigners have warned. First-class stamp prices will rise by 10p to 95p while second-class ones by 2p to 68p, as of next week. The previously state-run institution is also phasing out …

Residents who live in shared ownership flats, meanwhile, are not allowed to use the pool. Almost 90pc of flats in both towers have been sold, with Ballymore arguing people upscaling to its residences frees up more affordable housing elsewhere. Cladding issues were also discovered in 2020, while residents recently received …

The Duke’s legal firm, Schillings, has alleged that the claims he lied about offering to pay for his protection and that he wanted the existence of the litigation to remain confidential are false and defamatory, the Telegraph understands. The legal action has led royal observers to believe it is unlikely …

Royal Mail has apologised after soaring staff absences caused the postal service to miss targets for millions of letter deliveries. The formerly state-owned company said just 85.6pc of first class post was delivered on time during the last week of January, below its statutory target of 93pc.  Delivery times for …

The original was thought to have belonged to Edward the Confessor, who was canonised by the Catholic Church in 1161, but was destroyed after the execution of Charles I in 1649. The current version was made for Charles II in 1661. It was only in 1911, when George V came …

The firm is encouraging customers to use up their existing stamps but they will be able to swap any old ones with the new barcoded versions from March 31 via a Freepost address. The announcement follows a successful national trial last year. At the time, Mr Landon compared the change …

Mr Thompson, who also previously worked for Apple and is on Coca-Cola’s digital advisory board, insisted that the cuts were a continuation of already agreed proposals with Unite and the Communication Workers Union to remove 1.2m working hours from the business. “Ourselves and our unions are totally sticking with our …

Good morning. There’s no shortage of news for Unilever at the moment. After its disastrous £50bn move on GSK’s consumer arm – which was firmly rebuffed by the pharmaceutical giant and lambasted by shareholders – it’s now planning to slash thousands of jobs. The cuts are said to target numerous …

Around a third of the UK’s 1,400 delivery offices have introduced geomapping technology to redraw postal routes, which has also “caused some problems,” explains Mark Baulch, assistant secretary at the Communication Workers’ Union, which represents almost 200,000 members. Those in charge are typically in an office, hundreds of miles away …