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Royal Mail said yesterday that it would not increase its pay offer to London staff despite a 24-hour postal strike in the capital on Wednesday. The company is offering £3,784 per year in London living allowance to workers in inner London and £2,667 per year to those in outer London, a rise of £300. The Communication Workers’ Union has rejected this offer and is demanding £4,000 for all London staff.

Royal Mail said: “Negotiations on pay have concluded, the offer is the final offer.” But the company said it was prepared to meet union leaders , although nothing had been scheduled. Postal staff were back at work yesterday and tackling a backlog of post that could last five days. The CWU said no decision had yet been taken on further industrial action.

The 24-hour postal strike in London put a stop to deliveries and left a backlog of mail that could take five days to clear.

As many as 28,000 Royal Mail workers, mainly delivery and sorting staff, took industrial action over the level of London living allowance. The Communication Workers’ Union has rejected Royal Mail’s London weighting offer of £3,784 per year for inner London and £2,667 per year for outer London, and is demanding £4,000 for all staff in the capital.