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Private companies to compete with traditional service
Royal Mail loses monopoly

Britain’s postal service is to be opened up to competition 15 months ahead of schedule. From January 1 next year, any licensed business will be able to deliver letters in the UK, postal regulator Postcomm announced today. Until now, limited competition in the postal market has been allowed, but the complete end of Royal Mail’s… Read more »

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Unions protest against pension reforms

Thousands of union members will take part in a series of protests today against controversial plans to reform public sector pension reforms. Unison, the Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU), the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union are among those taking part in the “protecting public service pensions” campaign day… Read more »