Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, has proposed options for reforming Royal Mail's universal service obligation, which could potentially reduce letter deliveries from the current six days a week to as few as three days. The regulator has warned that without such reforms, the universal postal service could become unsustainable. However, an industry union leader has called the review 'predetermined', and the magazine industry is reportedly in uproar over the proposal. Royal Mail insists that maintaining a six-day delivery service is unaffordable. Despite these pressures, the government has expressed opposition to the reduction in service, with Postal Minister Kevin Hollinrake confirming there are no firm plans to reduce delivery days, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office appearing to rule out the possibility of scrapping Saturday deliveries.
Royal Mail could be allowed to cut its letter deliveries to five days a week or three under options put forward by the industry watchdog Ofcom https://t.co/zsfnvCcw9D
Royal Mail could be allowed to cut its letter deliveries to five days a week or three under options put forward by the industry watchdog Ofcom https://t.co/fxVw66E7iO
✉️ Royal Mail could be allowed to deliver letters just three days a week under new options being considered by Ofcom https://t.co/pJn5Ak38XU
Royal Mail could reduce the number of days it delivers letters from six per week to five or even three. ✉️ 🔽 https://t.co/srQBJ3Nd47
UK mail deliveries could be cut to three days a week, regulator says https://t.co/k6OCXkbsPi https://t.co/VwLEd8kehG
Britain's Royal Mail could cut deliveries to five or three days a week, or slow the speed of delivery to three days or longer, under options to ensure the service survives in the future, the postal regulator said. More here: https://t.co/scraYxFlOM
Britain's Royal Mail could cut deliveries to five or three days a week, or slow the speed of delivery to three days or longer, under options to ensure the service survives in the future, the postal regulator said https://t.co/pw2rgZJls8
Royal Mail could halve post deliveries to just three days a week https://t.co/2xrCScNy9d
'Reform should not include a reduction in the number of days post is delivered.' Postal minister @kevinhollinrake confirms to @NickFerrariLBC that there are 'no firm plans' for Royal Mail to reduce the number of days that letters are delivered. https://t.co/Ld9ZoYm8aK
Royal Mail could reduce the number of days it delivers letters from six per week to five, or even three 🔗⬇️ https://t.co/Q1alRVbJXV
Royal Mail could be allowed to deliver letters just three days per week, under a series of options outlined by the industry regulator. Sky's @GarethBarlow talks about the importance of 'posties' in rural areas. https://t.co/EIEeva8F2g 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 https://t.co/dvGzt55OoL
Royal Mail could cut delivery days, says regulator https://t.co/NluhSj2u48
Royal Mail could make huge changes to drastically reduce number of days letters are delivered https://t.co/gHdEDWLLz0
Royal Mail could reduce the number of letter deliveries from six per week to five or three instead, under options to reform the UK's postal service. Dame Melanie Dawes from the regulator OFCOM spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the consultation https://t.co/ZQirTB8I67 https://t.co/pnccwUxXfc
BREAKING: Royal Mail shake-up could allow letter deliveries just three days a week Read more🔗 https://t.co/Cbe3egmgab
BREAKING: Regulator Ofcom said cutting Royal Mail’s six-day a week letter deliveries to five days or three are among options that could be considered as it warned the universal postal service risks becoming “unsustainable” without reform. https://t.co/x5Gs22KrOs
BREAKING: Royal Mail could cut postal days, says regulator https://t.co/TrWMhuCosS
Royal Mail told to consider slashing deliveries to just THREE DAYS a week amid 'unsustainable' future https://t.co/kl7jjqco9y
Royal Mail could reduce number of days it delivers letters from six a week to five or three, under options to reform postal service https://t.co/43KCiT38SV
#Breaking Regulator Ofcom said cutting Royal Mail’s six-day a week letter deliveries to five days or three are among options that could be considered as it warned the universal postal service risks becoming “unsustainable” without reform https://t.co/Q3o67ppA80
Royal Mail could cut postal days, says regulator https://t.co/heE1RkEEY8
Ofcom is due to set out options this morning for changing the way the Postal service operates. Royal Mail is currently legally obliged to deliver letters six days a week and parcels five days a week, but insists that's unaffordable and has requested to ditch Saturday deliveries. https://t.co/3sPBjJS5Bc
Is Rishi Sunak right to stop Royal Mail scrapping Saturday deliveries? 📞 0344 499 1000 @TVKev | @ThatAlexWoman https://t.co/yfiWtp9xHc
Royal Mail are deliberately undermining their obligations. In 2022 - they wrote to Ministers & MPs asking for postal service to be reduced to 5 days. They were repeatedly told NO. They keep pushing for it & are deliberately destroying our #postservice to force a reduction. https://t.co/eIsgSCuhdI
As Rishi Sunak opposes Royal Mail's plan to end Saturday post, @IainDale and his panel discuss this and more. Watch now on @GlobalPlayer
Royal Mail should not ditch Saturday postal service, Downing Street says https://t.co/ax5bVCgLxR
Royal Mail's Saturday post should stay, government says https://t.co/Mv7Xzhqjt3
Rishi Sunak's office appears to rule out allowing the Royal Mail to scrap Saturday deliveries, ahead of an imminent review of the postal service https://t.co/NEeFBrvFyi
Royal Mail: Scrapping Saturday post not supported by government https://t.co/sIkGY15zUe
NEW: Royal Mail told not to even think about ditching Saturday deliveries after floating plan to scale back, @martinabettt reports. Magazine industry in uproar.... https://t.co/p0H7pLwx2K
Bombshell plan for Royal Mail to axe Saturday post deliveries could be blocked https://t.co/PhtZqBkAih
A review of Royal Mail's letter delivery obligations that could see Saturday post scrapped is "predetermined", according to an industry union leader. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/rbTLOmGuVY
📩 Royal Mail could scrap Saturday postal deliveries under new options being drawn up by the watchdog https://t.co/qI5PTU47Xe
Saturday post could be scrapped as Ofcom paves way for Royal Mail to abolish six-days-a-week service https://t.co/hKLauFLHoe
Royal Mail 'could scrap Saturday deliveries' under shock new plan https://t.co/TKM08fitXk https://t.co/aDNVCy0Blj
Royal Mail could be allowed to scrap Saturday deliveries as part of an Ofcom review into the postal service https://t.co/yO1pet2bsq
Royal Mail given option to scrap Saturday deliveries as postal service 'evolves to meet consumer needs' https://t.co/UjBfS8sBuu
Ofcom could allow Royal Mail to end Saturday post https://t.co/xYyEulcs1Q
BREAKING: Ofcom paves way for Royal Mail to axe Saturday post Read more 🔗 https://t.co/iobFp2Fn8y
BREAKING Royal Mail could axe Saturday post forever in Ofcom reform https://t.co/msOh6CW9k7
Exclusive: Ofcom will next week set out options for reforming Royal Mail’s universal service obligation, including moving to a 5-day delivery system which would pave the way for the abolition of Saturday deliveries. https://t.co/PdDRvKBn8L