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Economic growth was 3.5 per cent – similar to the present day – but was far healthier given that the country was not bouncing back from a pandemic. Inflation was at just 2.9 per cent, while wage growth was a solid 6.9 per cent. Oddly enough, it was the Conservative …

MPs have been told that Royal Mail delivery offices across the UK are having to decide which streets will not receive letters. Concerns about Royal Mail restructuring were heard in the House of Commons this week. The concerns, highlighted by Brent North Labour MP Barry Gardiner, are to be raised …

A Labour MP has said that Royal Mail delivery offices across the country are deciding each day which streets will not receive letters. Barry Gardiner (MP for Brent North) told the House of Commons it was due to a “failure” in restructuring. Mr Gardiner told MPs: “Royal Mail delivery offices …

People working from home are facing “clear disruption” to internet services as thousands of BT workers vote this week to go on strike. As many as 45,000 engineers and call centre staff will decide whether to begin industrial action in as little as two weeks’ time. This makes up the …

Royal Mail has revealed images of a new set of “vibrantly illustrated” stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride rally. The eight stamps celebrate a march that took place from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park in London in July 1972, which was the first to bear …

Teachers, binmen and postal workers have threatened to join railway workers on strike in a move that could cause chaos not seen since the 1970s, BirminghamLive reports. The rail strike over three days this week will cause travel difficulties for millions, and now teachers, binmen and posties have threatened to …

Thousands of Royal Mail workers will be balloted for industrial action in a row over pay. Staff at the privatised postal service could go on strike in the coming months impacting postal and parcel deliveries. Royal Mail yesterday (Wed) announced a two per cent pay rise for workers, back-dated to …

A postman is being investigated after apparently branding a customer a highly offensive slur in a delivery note – over a ‘misguided grudge as he thought it was her dog that bit him’. Suzannah Ashton was stunned when she spotted the foul-mouthed surname a Royal Mail postie appeared to enter …

Royal Mail is launching a new set of stamps featuring images of some of the most popular breeds of cat in the UK. The eight stamps show the animals grooming, stalking, playing, sleeping, staring and stretching. Cats shown on the stamps are Siamese, tabby, ginger, British Shorthair, Maine Coon, black …

Postboxes in Oxfordshire were boarded up after congestion caused by road closures to create low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) meant postmen could no longer meet collection times. Royal Mail was forced to reduce services in Cowley and East Oxford after traffic was funnelled onto main roads making journey times markedly longer. …