Postal workers have denounced the USO pilots as a bureaucratic stitch-up: “We only had a management-union briefing. There has ...

Postmen are not allowed to deliver to this quiet east Devon hamlet, forcing residents to travel miles to collect their ...

Royal Mail may soon be allowed to stop Saturday deliveries for second-class letters, as Ofcom proposes changes that would ...

at a uniform price - "urgently needs reform to reflect what people need and [to] protect its future". Royal Mail has been hit by hefty fines by Ofcom for poor performance, more than £16m in the ...

The regulator said it is "no longer financially sustainable" for Royal Mail to deliver letters six days a week, as it ...

Royal Mail saw the number of letters and cards posted slump by more than 130 million after it imposed a stamp price hike last October. That was down 7% on the same period the year before.

The regulator said it was also planning to cut delivery targets to bring them more in line with other European markets.

Royal Mail should be allowed to cut Saturday deliveries for second class letters in order save millions of pounds a year and protect the future of the UK's postal service, the regulator has proposed.

The one-price-goes-anywhere USO means Royal Mail has to deliver post six days a week, from Monday to Saturday, and parcels on five from Monday to Friday. Ofcom said Royal Mail should continue to ...

Scrapping some deliveries would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, according to Ofcom.

First-class letters will still be delivered on Saturdays, while a cap on second-class stamp prices will remain in place. Ofcom has put forward proposals to change Royal Mail’s universal service ...