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Amicus the union representing postal managers, has condemned today’s announcement by postal services regulator Postcomm for the full opening of the postal services market to competition as premature and likely to result in postal chaos. The union which represents 14,000 post office managers will be pressing Postcomm to ensure provision of the universal service at a uniform price and to conduct a full review of the impact and effect of competition introduced earlier this year before any further extension of the postal market. Peter Skyte, Amicus’ National Officer for postal services, said: “Postcomm’s proposals for full opening of the postal market to competition in 2006 are premature, given that there has been insufficient time to make any realistic assessment of the impact of the initial letters market opening introduced only a few months ago. As they stand they will also put at risk the universal postal service in Britain and provide the potential for every white van man to chase postal business without adequate safeguards for security, integrity and sustainability of the public postal service. Postcomm must think again.”