Year: 1999

The European Commission’s blueprint for postal services in Europe sharply contradicts Government policy to ensure UK consumers and businesses can continue posting mail to all 27 million addresses nationwide at a uniform and affordable price, the British Post Office told a House of Lords committee. Post Office Chief Executive John Roberts said the proposals from Brussels would, if implemented, give a green light for “cream skimmers” who had no interest in maintaining the universal, uniform-price service to every address. People living in rural areas would be the biggest losers, while individual postal users throughout the UK would face the prospect of steep increases in postage, said Mr. Roberts. See also the report in The Independent