Ofcom offers little hope to Royal Mail

Under Ofcom's proposals, 'Royal Mail has a monopoly of the work, while other companies get a share of the profits'. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

 

Royal Mail has a new regulator, but its proposals fail to protect the service from privatisation and unfair competition

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Friday 28 October 2011 08.00 BST

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Royal Mail’s ‘neighbourly’ delivery service has a hidden cause

Staff unload vans at Royal Mail's sorting office in Filton, Bristol one of the biggest in the UK. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The Royal Mail’s decision to leave undelivered mail with neighbours fits in with its policy of closing delivery offices

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Monday 3 October 2011 10.09 BST

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