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Julia Brigui & Michael Broomhead

Royal Mail having to decide which streets will not get deliveries, MPs told

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 with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, reports In Your Area. Mr Gardiner told the Commons: "Royal Mail delivery offices around the country are having to decide which street to rotate this morning not to get their letters.

"This is because there has been a wholesale restructuring going on in Royal Mail, which was by agreement for about 1,400 managers, in fact, but there's now a further 900 delivery office managers who are being made redundant. The strain is showing in the service delivery.

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