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Royal Mail referred to regulator for service failures amid ‘troubled times’

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the company had ‘failed to deliver’ the so-called universal service obligation.

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2023

Royal Mail referred to regulator for breaching letter delivery rules

Ministers shave called on Ofcome to launch a formal investigation

Wales Online · Mar 17, 2023

Royal Mail CEO accused of ‘incompetence or cluelessness’ by MPs

Remarks come as regulator Ofcom asked to investigate if firm broke legal obligation on letter deliveries

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

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Royal Mail referred to regulator over letter delivery

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the company had ‘failed to deliver’ the so-called universal service obligation.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Royal Mail makes its political headache worse

Chief executive’s answers to MPs suggest regulatory headaches may await firm beset by industrial action

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Royal Mail boss blames rogue managers for tracking devices on workers

Simon Thompson says monitors were used to pressure staff to work faster in breach of its policy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Royal Mail accused of keeping tabs on posties - flagging when they stand still

A Commons hearing was told about digital devices that workers carry that can monitor their movements, with company boss Simon Thompson saying technology called Outdoor Actuals had been agreed with unions

Daily Mirror · Feb 22, 2023

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Royal Mail worker claims energy payment vouchers 'delayed due to overtime ban'

The letters coming in for the £600 energy payments 'are not getting delivered'

Wales Online · Jan 25, 2023

Royal Mail whistleblower claims £600 energy vouchers delayed by overtime ban

"We are seeing letters coming in for the £600 energy payments, that are not getting delivered"

Belfast Live · Jan 20, 2023

MP accuses Royal Mail of prioritising parcels over letters

Royal Mail chief executive Simon Thompson said a poster encouraging the favouring of parcels was 'absolutely not our policy'

Wales Online · Jan 18, 2023

Royal Mail boss has a shocker as meeting with MPs doesn’t go well

Simon Thompson seemed to arrive to talk about strikes determined not to answer questions asked

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Union warns of more strikes and says Royal Mail is ‘waging war’ on staff

CWU says fresh talks are not heading toward agreement as it prepares to ballot members over further stoppages

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Ex-Royal Mail boss hits out at board for ‘confrontational path’ on strikes

Rico Back believes postal service’s talks with union have been poorly handled

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

Royal Mail bosses accused of telling staff to hold back Christmas cards

The Communication Workers Union has accused Royal Mail of suspending the delivery of letters amid strikes

Manchester Evening News · Dec 24, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Dec 23, 2022

Royal Mail bosses hold back Christmas cards telling staff 'focus on parcels' amid strikes

Letters and Christmas cards have taken a back seat as Royal Mail managers hit by staff strikes tell employees to prioritise parcels and tracked items for the 2022 festive period

The National (Scotland) · Dec 20, 2022

Scots trade unionists in call to support CWU hardship fund amid postal strike

THE Dumfries and Galloway Trade Union Council have made a call for people to support a hardship fund for members of the Communication Workers Union.

Wales Online · Dec 14, 2022

Ring camera captures 'huge' spider crawling along man's worktop

“This is the first time we have caught anything like this on camera apart from various wildlife on the outdoor cameras, [such as] deer, birds, rabbits [and] squirrels etc.”

Daily Mirror · Dec 2, 2022

Royal Mail boss caught being 'fed answers' on post strike in 'car crash' interview

Royal Mail and the Communications Workers Union are locked in a dispute over workers' pay and other conditions which has led to planned industrial action

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Wales Online · Dec 2, 2022

Royal Mail heading for Christmas chaos after photos of mountains of post emerge

Backlogs of undelivered parcels and letters have built up over the current wave of strikes

Manchester Evening News · Dec 1, 2022

Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause Christmas 'mail meltdown' if pay breakthrough not found

Images said to have been taken in the last few days shows mountains of packed mail bags that have reportedly started to pile up at depots amid strikes

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022

Royal Mail and CWU trade accusations as strike turns increasingly bitter

Union says bosses ‘goading’ workers while managers demand CWU intervenes to end picket line ‘intimidation’

Daily Mirror · Dec 1, 2022

Piles of undelivered post as Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause Christmas meltdown

Photos show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling up at Royal Mail depots, with bosses under pressure to halt a Christmas meltdown during a wave of strikes

Daily Mirror · Nov 24, 2022

Royal Mail's £2bn to shareholders as it refuses staff decent pay rise and plans jobs axe

Royal Mail has dished out £1.9billion to shareholders since it was privatised in 2013 and chief executive Simon Thompson got a pay and perks deal worth £753,000 in its last financial year

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

Royal Mail planning to stop Saturday service as it urgently looks to reduce costs

Royal Mail are fighting for survival and feel stopping their Saturday service can cut costs - but the government say there are "no current plans" to change the six-day deliveries

Edinburgh Live · Nov 17, 2022

Royal Mail plans to scrap weekend deliveries for letters as they cut service

The service has asked for Government permission to make the move, in order to move on from hefty losses, following strike action from the Communication Workers Union (CWU).

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