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OPINION - Fewer deliveries, higher cost... is this Ofcom's idea of reform?

Second class deliveries two or three days a week isn’t reform of the postal service

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025

Royal Mail to stop second class post on Saturdays and stamp costs to be reviewed

Ofcom has given the green light to Royal Mail to axe the six-day-a-week service for second-class letters from later this month.

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

Royal Mail to scrap some Saturday deliveries to cut costs

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The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025

Royal Mail given green light to scrap second-class post on Saturdays

The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will be allowed to deliver second-class post on alternate days from Monday to Friday only.

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

A first-class service by Royal Mail again

Brief letters: Addressless delivery | Oasis and Our Friends in the North | Measuring the heatwave | Green-ink teacher | Language gripes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

UK postal workers faced more than 2,000 dog attacks last year, Royal Mail reveals

Roughly 30,000 postal workers have been attacked by dogs in the last decade in Britain.

Euronews · Jul 1, 2025

Czech billionaire Kretinsky named chairman of Royal Mail after takeover

Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group closed its £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s owner earlier this month.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

Dive-bombing seagulls behind Royal Mail delays, postal workers say

Seagulls in Liskeard, Cornwall, have become so aggressive that some postal workes have had to abandon their routes

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025

Kudos to Royal Mail for a special delivery

Brief letters: An unexpected letter | Security at Brize Norton | Pointless consumption | Moustache surprise | Glastonbury performers | Peeved pedant

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2025

Postmaster whose father died in Air India crash faces battle with Royal Mail to save the family business

Umang Patel, who lost his father in a plane crash earlier this month, said Royal Mail’s decision to close a small delivery office could cost him his Post Office branch

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2025