The Scottish National Party (SNP) has called on the UK coalition government to “come clean” over plans for privatisation of Royal Mail after a parliamentary answer received by SNP MP Mike Weir raised questions about the government’s plan.
Read MoreSNP postal affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has expressed bemusement at news HM Revenue & Customs have awarded a £4.5m-a-year contract to deliver its internal mail to TNT – just a week after it was revealed the company had been forced to hand over tens of millions of pounds in unpaid tax.
Read MoreThe SNP yesterday claimed Scotland’s postal service is heading for disaster if plans for privatisation go ahead.
Launching a new campaign outside Burghead post office, shadow communications minister Kenny MacAskill compared the future scenario in Scotland to the situation in Sweden, where the privatisation of its services in 1996 created a list of catastrophic problems, mainly due to burgeoning costs.
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