Postal workers demonstrate in Westminster

Postal workers demonstrated in Westminster on 24 February against government plans to sell off one third of the Royal Mail.

Postal workers demonstrated in Westminster on 24 February against government plans to sell off one third of the Royal Mail.

But the government insists that selling off 30% of the Royal Mail is the only way to protect the pension scheme, which its trustees reportedly say is massively in deficit.

The row has been intensified by the publication of a letter warning staff that they face having their pensions slashed unless the part-privatisation goes ahead.

But with more than 140 Labour MPs set to vote against the plans, Gordon Brown may face the largest rebellion of his premiership over the measure.