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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
August Graham

Royal Mail to raise price of a first class stamp by 15p to £1.25

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The price of a first class stamp will jump by 15p from the start of October, Royal Mail has announced, but it has kept the price of second class stamps unchanged.

The delivery company said that a first class stamp would rise in cost to £1.25 as the business was facing “increasing cost pressures” and a “challenging economic environment”.

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