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» Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Postal Strike

Asked what the Prime Minister meant yesterday in regards to the postal strike when he said that the Government would not ‘stand idly by’, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s words should speak for themselves; this was an organisation that received a significant amount of financial subsidy from the Government/tax payer, and that it was only right that the public should expect to have their post delivered. Therefore, in the Prime Minister’s view, this strike was a serious matter and he did not see any reason why this strike should be taking place.

Asked if there were any plans to directly intervene in the talks, the PMS said that at present the Government continued to urge the Post Office and the union side to reach a conclusion as soon as possible in order to minimise public disruption.

In reference to the substantial amount of subsidy, it was asked if this was a veiled threat from the Government that it would get involved, the PMS said that it was not a veiled threat about anything; he was just referring back to what the Prime Minister had said yesterday.

Asked if Royal Mail still had the monopoly on the delivering of letters up to a certain weight and class, the PMS said that the details of that should be checked with BERR. He went on to say that there had been some liberalisation in the market from 1 January this year.

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