MPs told Royal Mail decides 'which streets do not receive letters' daily

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Concerns over Royal Mail restructuring have been heard by MPs in the Commons this week



Royal Mail delivery offices across the country are deciding each day which streets do not receive letters after restructuring. The revelations were heard by MPS in Parliament this week following concerns in service and redundancies.

Labour MP Barry Gardiner (Brent North) told the Commons: “Royal Mail delivery offices around the country are having to decide which street to rotate this morning not to get their letters.

“This is because there has been a wholesale restructuring going on in Royal Mail, which was by agreement for about 1,400 managers, in fact, but there’s now a further 900 delivery office managers who are being made redundant.

“The strain is showing in the service delivery. So, could we have an urgent statement please from the Business Secretary about the failure of the senior management in Royal Mail to implement a restructure that actually delivers service for the people of this country?”

Commons Leader Mark Spencer replied: “Royal Mail is an organisation which I know delivers, quite literally, for our constituents up and down the country.

“People deserve their mail to arrive on time and I know lots of businesses and individuals rely on that service. I will make sure the Secretary of State is aware of his comments.”

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It's been that way around here for years.

As I was at home at the time when the mail was being delivered I noticed the postman skipping blocks with every second postcode, ie: deliver to one block then ignore the next one. Some blocks were getting tons of mail and others nothing at all. The only difference between them was their postcode.

I mentioned this in another forum and it was flatly denied by a Royal Mail employee who it is now clear was lying through his teeth.