Rip off royal mail must address postal charges

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SDLP East Derry MLA John Dallat has said that Royal Mail must address significant differences in postal charges North to South that are ripping off people here.
He said:

“It is astounding that Royal Mail continues to treat the South as a foreign country for the purpose of postal charges and imposes an international levy for cards letters and parcels that, in some cases, go no further than a few miles down the road.

“The difference in charges is significant, particularly for those sending a number of items. Sending a 100g card from North to South costs £1.57 while the same card coming South to North costs £1. And it’s even more maddening for parcels where a 2kg package will sting local people for £4.45 more than senders in the Republic.

“There’s a clear case for harmonising postal rates across the island, not least of all for local firms who do business on a North/South basis.

“This Royal Mail rip off should have ended long ago. It needs to be addressed now.

“Especially at Christmas time when people rely on the post to stay in touch with friends and neighbours. Take a Christmas card for example. It could be sent from Coleraine to Cornwall for 65p using lorries, planes, boats and trains – travelling hundreds of miles. But someone living in Derry sending a card to Donegal, a distance of 5 miles, has to pay almost three times as much.

“This incredible situation must end immediately.”