The communications director Ofcom has confirmed plans to cut down the number of days where second class mail is delivered by Royal Mail
Royal Mail could scrap second class letter deliveries on Saturdays and reduce the service to alternate weekdays under new plans announced by regulator Ofcom.
First class post will continue to be delivered Monday to Saturday, while the price of a second class stamp will stay capped to inflation until at least 2029. The plans for Ofcom were announced today as part of its review into the future of Royal Mail.
Ofcom said the number of letters being delivered to UK homes has fallen from 20 billion twenty years ago, to 6.6 billion today. Royal Mail expects it to be 4 billion a year in the next few years.
Natalie Black, Ofcom’s Group Director for Networks and Communications, said: “The world has changed – we’re sending a third of the letters we were 20 years ago. We need to reform the postal service to protect its future and ensure it delivers for the whole of the UK.
“But we’re safeguarding what matters most to people – First Class mail six days a week at the same price throughout the UK, and a price cap on Second Class stamps.”
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