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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

HISTORICAL FACTS: Ofcom to investigate royal mail over delivery target failures | History Defined

Royal Mail vans and postal worker moving mail bags
Despite its privatisation in 2013, Royal Mail still has to meet regulatory requirements. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Royal Mail is facing a formal investigation by the UK communications regulator after the postal service admitted that almost a fifth of first-class deliveries arrived at least a day late in the year to April.

Ofcom said it would look into Royal Mail’s “failure to meet its delivery targets during the past year” and whether the company was meeting its obligations.

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