Royal Mail to Royal Fail
Royal Mail is failing Britain. First-Class prices, Second-Class service, and a postal system that seems increasingly incapable of delivering the post. Quite an achievement, really, for an organisation whose principal purpose is, well, delivering things.
A First-Class stamp now costs £1.80, compared with just 41p in 2010. That's an increase of nearly 340%. And what do we get for this rather impressive rise in postage prices? According to the latest annual figures, only 75.7% of First-Class letters actually arrived the next working day. Which means roughly one in four didn't.
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