Royal Mail given green light to scrap second class Saturday post from July 28

Yorkshire Post

Royal Mail will be allowed to scrap Saturday deliveries for second class post and switch to an alternate weekday service instead from later this month, regulator Ofcom has announced. The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will axe the six-days-a-week service for second class letters, but will maintain Monday to Saturday deliveries for first class post. #royalmail

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00:00Hello, I'm Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post. Royal Mail will be allowed to scrap Saturday

00:07deliveries for second-class post and switch to alternate weekday service instead from later

00:13this month, according to the regulator Ofcom. The regulator said that from July 28th, Royal

00:20Mail will axe the six days a week service for second-class letters, but will maintain

00:25Monday to Saturday deliveries for first-class post. It said it would keep the target for

00:31second-class letters to arrive within three working days, despite the changes, which come

00:36after a lengthy consultation and aims to help the universal service to survive.

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