UK Government Insists Royal Mail Partial Sale Still On Agend

[Geezer]

http://www.hellmail.co.uk/postalnews/te ... 3&zoneid=3

The UK government today dismissed a petition started by by John Colbert, Communications & Campaigns Manager of Communication Workers Union, calling for the abandonment of partial privatisation of the Royal Mail. The government announced earlier that it had temporarily suspended its search for a strategic partner for the state-owned operator after failing to attract suitable bids, but Lord Mandelson maintained that the partnership was still on the agenda.

In response to the petition, the Prime Minister's Office said:

"The Government wants to secure the universal postal service and for Royal Mail to provide modern services to meet today’s customers’ needs. The Government commissioned an independent review of the postal services market from Richard Hooper which was published in December 2008. The purpose of the review was to assess the impact on Royal Mail, other carriers and consumers, of liberalisation of the UK postal services market, to explore trends in future market development and the likely impact of these and to consider how to maintain the universal service obligation in the future.

"The Hooper report concluded that the status quo in the postal market was untenable and that if change did not occur, the universal service which is the cornerstone of the postal system would be under threat.

"The Hooper review identified a number of key areas in which the Royal Mail is inefficient. These included expansion and diversification of products and services; its network structure of mail centres and delivery offices; and its existing working practices. What is needed now is real action from Royal Mail’s management and the unions to take forward Royal Mail’s transformation plans. These plans include the introduction of new machinery to sort the mail and some 27,000 handheld tracking devices have been issued to record the delivery of Special Delivery and other tracked mail.

The Secretary of State announced on 1 July that market conditions in the European postal sector have made it impossible to conclude the process to identify a partner on terms that we can be confident would secure value for the taxpayer. This has been a priority for the Government and it would be irresponsible to proceed unless we had such confidence that the taxpayer received a good deal.

"There is, therefore, no prospect in current circumstances of achieving the objectives of the legislation the Government introduced to Parliament in March. However, the Government firmly believes that the implementation of all of the elements of the Hooper Review recommendations is the best way to secure Royal Mail’s future and to maintain the universal postal service. When market conditions change we will return to the issue." it said.

© Hellmail.co.uk (24 August 2009)

[johnston65]

NEW MACHINERY...when is the government going to ask Royal Mail management what they done with the £1.2 billion loan they gave them to but in new machines cause we certainly haven't seen any of it

[BELIAL]

f**k me ,a talking office, you can't argue with that

[baldrick]

f**k me ,a talking office, you can't argue with that

I think that's a missprint.
It should be orifice. :mfo

[BELIAL]

I get your drift ,but lets not get sidetracked into easy but worthless shots. This guy is bent ,a charlatan ,crooked as crooked can be ,irrespective of his sexual preferences,he might have desires for my little pony but the crux is, he's a proven cheat and liar and he's lost a public position not once, but twice because of that.Now let's all defend our wonderful egalitarian incorruptable western democracy,Dont mention the Mafia

[baldrick]

I wasn't having a go at his sexual preferences.
Everyone has a right to their own sexuality.
I was suggesting that he is talking out of his @rse. :mfo

[BELIAL]

I wasn't having a go at his sexual preferences.
Everyone has a right to their own sexuality.
I was suggesting that he is talking out of his @rse. :mfo

Can't ,its bandaged

[falkor]

http://www.hellmail.co.uk/postalnews/te ... 3&zoneid=3

When market conditions change we will return to the issue." it said.

© Hellmail.co.uk (24 August 2009)

When the market conditions change they will be in opposition!!!

[norbert]

http://www.hellmail.co.uk/postalnews/te ... 3&zoneid=3

When market conditions change we will return to the issue." it said.

© Hellmail.co.uk (24 August 2009)

When the market conditions change they will be in opposition!!!

Mandy is right of the top of all this " Common Purpose " nonsense - basically it's to soften people for the EU , Two Jags - Prescott is a fan so is The Sheffield Stud , Blunkett . No point in voting Tory as Dave Snooty and His Old Etonian Pals are all for it too .

Basically they want the public and private sectors " merged " .

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It's like something out of Communist East Germany , no wonder satirists take the p*** out of New Liebour .

[F0zziebear]

norbert is right. If/when the Tories get in they want to hive it off too. They see it as another business they don't want the hassle of being involved in. The problem is that no-one wants to buy it. The market prospects do not look good for the business and the pension deficit and union is a turn off. Neither TNT, Deutschepost or FedEx are interested. It would take a private capital company to come in asset strip it and then sell it to a postal market player. That does not sound good to me as prices will eventually rise and no-one wins.

[andy2007]

I don't see the fact that no-one wants to buy RM as a problem. On the contrary. I think it's great!
Keep the Post Public!