Vince Cable plans to privatise Royal Mail
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/19/royal-mail-privatisation-plan
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Previously Labour proposed plans to sell off parts of the Royal Mail and now the headline of the Guardian states Vince Cable is going for similar plans.
"Lord Mandelson, failed last summer following a backbench revolt by more than 120 Labour MPs and a campaign by the CWU."-Guardian, who also points out with Conservative and Lib Dem backing, Labour or other opposition might be voted out.
I remember reading an interesting 'anonymous insider' blog about the postal strikes and privatisation, it's an interesting read and I haven't seen the TNT contract issue raised else where. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n18/roy-mayall/diary
"There’s TNT, UK Mail, Citypost and a number of others. What these companies do is to bid for the profitable bulk mail and city-to-city trade of large corporations, undercutting the Royal Mail, and then have the Royal Mail deliver it for them."-Roy Mayall
From the article, the business secretary supports privatisation because of fears over the Royal Mail's pension deficit and word the public service cannot compete with other markets. However, it does mention Royal Mail management and CWU are looking into the modernisation issues.
"Lord Mandelson, failed last summer following a backbench revolt by more than 120 Labour MPs and a campaign by the CWU."-Guardian, who also points out with Conservative and Lib Dem backing, Labour or other opposition might be voted out.
I remember reading an interesting 'anonymous insider' blog about the postal strikes and privatisation, it's an interesting read and I haven't seen the TNT contract issue raised else where. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n18/roy-mayall/diary
"There’s TNT, UK Mail, Citypost and a number of others. What these companies do is to bid for the profitable bulk mail and city-to-city trade of large corporations, undercutting the Royal Mail, and then have the Royal Mail deliver it for them."-Roy Mayall
From the article, the business secretary supports privatisation because of fears over the Royal Mail's pension deficit and word the public service cannot compete with other markets. However, it does mention Royal Mail management and CWU are looking into the modernisation issues.
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