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Holly Williams

Second class post on Saturdays set to go by year-end after union deal agreed

Second class letter deliveries on Saturdays are set to be scrapped across the UK by December after Royal Mail reached agreement with the staff trade union on how to roll out the changes nationwide (Royal Mail/PA) - (PA Media)

Second class letter deliveries on Saturdays are set to be scrapped across the UK by December after Royal Mail reached agreement with the staff trade union on how to roll out the changes nationwide.

The group said the agreement with the Communications Workers Union (CWU) will see the Universal Service reforms extended to another 240 delivery offices as part of a wider trial, before being completed across the full 1,200 UK network by December.

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