What happened on 8th June 2023 - with your comments in the Web
On Thursday, Royal Mail’s plan to stop delivering post on Saturdays has been blocked by the government in a blow to the company, which has claimed a six-day service is financially unsustainable. The postal company had requested that the government change the universal service obligation (USO) – a condition of its privatisation in 2013. However, the business department said it had no plans to adjust the requirement to deliver on Saturday as well as the five weekdays, in a response to a report by MPs on the business select committee. MPs would have to vote through any changes to the obligation. Kevin Hollinrake, a minister at the Department for Business and Trade, wrote: “We currently have no plans to change the minimum requirements of the universal postal service as set out in the Postal Services Act 2011 … including six-day letter deliveries.” The reaction was coherent. "Established in 1516 as a public service Survives 500 years of public ownership Sold off between 2011-...