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BRUSSELS PROPOSALS CONTRADICT UK POLICY FOR DELIVERIES TO ALL ADDRESSES AT

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

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Post Office to test new parcel service

According to the British newspaper, The Telegraph, the U.K. “Post Office is to trial a new parcel delivery scheme, which will take advantage of its extensive local network. The scheme will allow home shopping customers to nominate a Post Office near their place of work and have the parcel waiting there for collection.”

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UK banks offered olive branch over Post office plan

Royal Mail has offered to let banks strike individual commercial deals with Post Office retail branches to offer banking services to rural communities, rather than join in the controversial universal bank. http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT30NM1HPEC&live

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