NFSP STATEMENT ON ROYAL MAIL’S PROPOSAL TO STOP SATURDAY LETTER DELIVERIES

Royal Mail are asking the UK Government to be allowed to stop delivering letters and cards on Saturdays, reducing the number of delivery days to 5 per week. Parcel delivery remains unaffected by the proposal.  
 
The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) will always put the interest of its members first. Royal Mails’ proposed reduction to a 5-day delivery week for letters and cards would adversely affect remuneration at the worst possible moment. 
 
With rising energy costs, Royal Mail postal worker strikes and reduced banking deposit limits already imperilling the post office network, a reduction in delivery days would be, for many of our members, the final straw. We are also mindful of the affect this proposed reduction would have on many of our customers who still send and receive letters and cards plus the effect on our friends in the greetings cards industry. 
 
Many postmasters sell greetings card and stationery as part of their retail offering, and the NFSP would oppose any decision that would discourage the sending or receiving of cards by post.