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Evening Standard
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Holly Williams

Royal Mail unveils £500m investment plan to improve delivery times

Royal Mail has pledged to meet new postal delivery targets by May next year (PA) - (PA Archive)

Royal Mail has pledged to meet new postal delivery targets by May next year as part of a £500 million investment after agreeing a plan to roll out changes to scrap second-class post on Saturdays.

The group said it would begin to phase in a new letter delivery model nationwide next month, subject to a consultation with union members, which will see it deliver second-class post every other weekday only.

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