Royal Mail could become Starmer’s first big headache
If a Czech billionaire’s purchase of the postal service goes through, Labour could face further union strife.
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Who killed Royal Mail?
The postal service is almost in special administration and barely delivering letters. Is Vince Cable’s botched privatisation to blame, or…
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What Rishi Sunak doesn’t get about strikes
A pledge to ban strikes and thus make pay bargaining harder is a pledge to ensure recruitment and conditions keep…
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Strikes show how the dream of a high-wage economy died
The Conservatives have given up trying to reset what Boris Johnson described as a “broken model”.
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Dave Ward: “Amazon would give its right arm for Royal Mail’s job”
The Communication Workers Union head on postal strikes, universal service and why Labour needs to rebalance the world of work.
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Communication Workers' Union ballots 120,000 members on proposed national strike
ByRoyal Mail part-privatisation abandoned
Mandelson insists plan will be revived after economic recovery
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