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Royal Mail invests £500m to tackle late deliveries as second-class post cut back
UK NewsPoliticsBusiness•April 21, 2026 at 11:33 AMNational

Royal Mail invests £500m to tackle late deliveries as second-class post cut back

By Julia Kollewe•The Guardian - UK News

Courier promises to meet new delivery targets by next May after being fined last year for poor recordBusiness live – latest updatesSecond-class post will be delivered every other weekday and scrapped on Saturdays from next month as part of a £500m plan to tackle late deliveries at struggling Royal Mail.The courier has been piloting a new letter delivery pattern since July, which will be rolled out nationwide in May. Continue reading...

Courier promises to meet new delivery targets by next May after being fined last year for poor record

Second-class post will be delivered every other weekday and scrapped on Saturdays from next month as part of a £500m plan to tackle late deliveries at struggling Royal Mail.

The courier has been piloting a new letter delivery pattern since July, which will be rolled out nationwide in May.

Continue reading...