Similarly, the price of a second class signed-for stamp will increase by 22p, rising from £2.55 to £2.77. Royal Mail attributed the increases to the ongoing decline in letter-sending volumes.

The UK government cleared the purchase in December, but will retain a so-called ‘golden share’, which means any changes to Royal Mail’s future ownership, tax residency or headquarters will need ...

Royal Mail, which was fined £10.5 million by regulators for failing to meet its delivery targets last year, said the spiralling prices are because of the "increasing cost of delivering mail". The cost ...

Royal Mail has announced stamp prices will rise again in April in what has been described as “yet another blow to consumers”. From April 7, the cost of a first-class stamp will climb to £1.70 ...

Royal Mail has confirmed the cost of a First-Class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 from April 7, with the price of a Second-Class stamp increasing by 2p to 87p. Prices have risen sharply over the ...

Royal Mail is hiking the price of ... be rising from £4.79 to £4.99 for first class and from £3.75 to £3.90 for second class. The cost of signed for deliveries is also going up with first ...

The cost of a first-class stamp is to rise by 5p as Royal Mail gears up for a looming takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The postal service said it would raise the price of a first ...

The Royal Mail has announced the cost ... be rising from £4.79 to £4.99 for first class and from £3.75 to £3.90 for second class. The cost of signed for deliveries is also going up with ...

“Royal Mail hasn’t met an annual delivery target for five years, but consumers will pay 124% more for a first-class stamp, and 34% more for a second-class stamp, than they did in 2020.

The last time it met its annual target for delivering first-class post on time was in 2019-2020. Tom MacInnes, director of policy at Citizens Advice, called the price increase 'yet another blow to ...

Article continues below Since the agreement, Ofcom has indicated that it's likely to permit Royal Mail to abandon Saturday deliveries for second class letters and reduce overall postal delivery ...