Royal Mail bids to bin Saturday letter deliveries
Daily Mirror UK|November 18, 2022
Hard-up bosses say volumes are down 60%
GRAHAM HISCOTT
Royal Mail bids to bin Saturday letter deliveries

SATURDAY mail deliveries and collections are set to be scrapped after nearly 100 years.

The Post Office yesterday confirmed it had asked the Government for permission to do away with the Universal Service Obligation which ensures a six-day service.

Bosses at the privatised postal giant say mail volumes, excluding advertising material, are down 60% since a peak in 2005.

This story is from the November 18, 2022 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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