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Ofcom proposes Royal Mail reduce second class letter deliveries

By Editorial Board Published January 30, 2025 3 Min Read
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Ofcom proposes Royal Mail reduce second class letter deliveries

The communications regulator has proposed slicing letter deliveries with second-class submit arriving each second day and now not on Saturdays.

Ofcom stated Royal Mail prospects’ postal wants could be met by retaining first-class deliveries six days every week.

It additionally outlined provisional plans to scale back targets for the supply firm, bringing down the proportion of first-class submit delivered the following day from 93% to 90%, and second class mail delivered inside three days from 98.5% to 95%.

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It comes as Ofcom stated the common service obligation – to ship letters to each deal with within the UK, six days every week, at a uniform worth – “urgently needs reform to reflect what people need and [to] protect its future”.

Royal Mail has been hit by hefty fines by Ofcom for poor efficiency, greater than £16m within the final 18 months alone.

“Royal Mail’s delivery performance has not been good enough,” the watchdog stated, however added distribution targets have to be altered given the modifications in how folks ship and obtain items.

Lower than a 3rd of letters are despatched now than 20 years in the past and is forecast to fall to a couple of fifth of letters beforehand despatched.

“Given the postal market has changed significantly since Royal Mail’s delivery standards were set two decades ago, we believe it is right to reassess these targets with the future in mind,” Ofcom stated, including it might proceed to carry Royal Mail to account.

The sort of service folks need

Folks need reliability and affordability greater than they need velocity, in keeping with Ofcom’s analysis.

The value of second class stamps will stay capped to mirror this, it stated.

Most postal customers informed the regulator they don’t want six days every week supply for almost all of letters.

The analysis additionally indicated persons are extra prepared to just accept a decreased high quality service than worth rises to fund higher companies.

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