From The Daily Mail - who cribbed it from the (behind-a-pay-wall) Telegraph:
The price of a first class stamp will see a 'considerable' increase if the postal service is to continue six-day deliveries, Royal Mail has warned.
The cost of a first-class stamp rose by 10p to 95p in March, while a second-class stamp increased to 68p. A further increase could push the price of a first-class stamp above £1 for the first time.
Chairman Keith Williams said fewer letters being sent means that it is costing more to deliver at the weekend.
More nonsense from Williams, whilst ST's been getting all the stick you do have to start to wonder if Williams is the person behind all the crazy ideas, with ST just being his well paid messenger.
Having listened to Thompson I really cant believe he has anything to contribute to anything at all, mearly a gobshite for those pulling the strings. It's a living I suppose
More nonsense from Williams, whilst ST's been getting all the stick you do have to start to wonder if Williams is the person behind all the crazy ideas, with ST just being his well paid messenger.
Stamp prices are going to go up anyway, so it sounds like some weird face-saving gesture.
Anyway, everything else is going up, why not stamps? Really, how far can you drive in a car for a quid? About 6 miles. And people complain about the price of a stamp to send cards around the country.
If letters are no longer delivered on Saturdays then within five years we'll be told that the price of stamps will increase if they can't stop delivering them on Tuesdays too, then after another few years it'll be the likelihood of a three day letter delivery.
