Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union reach deal on pay

Royal Mail workers staged a series of strikes last year over the dispute, including in the run-up to Christmas. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock

Royal Mail and union leaders have reached an agreement in principle after 11 months of negotiations in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.

Royal Mail said it had reached a negotiators’ agreement with the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the details of which will be made public once it has been ratified by the union’s executive committee, which is expected to take place next week.