First class stamp price to increase to £ 1.70
The Royal Mail has announced that on April 7, the cost of the first class stamp will be 5P to £ 1.70.
It will increase the price of second grade stamps from 2P to 87p in a single day.
The company said that the decision carefully considered “to balance the strength with the increasing cost of mailing”.
Civil advice described the change as “another blow to consumers”, and that the change in the second category price was “unjust”.
The number of Royal Mail delivery has fallen from a 20 billion summit in 2004-05, which has increased to 6.6 billion last year.
However, the price of tickets has continued to increase. Since 2022, the Royal Mail has already increased the cost of the first class stamp five times from 85p to £ 1.65.
The next growth, in April, the result was – it said – to give less letters at more addresses.
Nick Landon, Chief Commercial Officer of Royal Mail, said, “We always consider price changes very carefully, but the cost of giving mail continues to increase.”
“A complex and broad network of trucks, aircraft and 85,000 posts is necessary to ensure that we can distribute only 87 p across the country.”
But the advice of consumer advocates citizens said that millions of people will be forced to pay more while suffering from postal delay.
“This is unjust to increase the price of the second grade stamp for Royal Mail, while the regulator’s regulator watched to reduce the second class delivery for alternative functioning.”
“Since first -class tickets are becoming ineffective, people can be forced by price pressure to choose a slow service.”
In January, the regulator’s regulator proposed that Royal Mail should be done Distribute second class letters only every other week And not on Saturday to protect the future of the postal industry of the UK.
One-Prius-Gois-At the same time, Universal Service Obels (USO) means that the Royal Mail is to be given parcels on six days a week, Monday to Saturday, and Monday to Friday.
Ofcom has launched a consultation on the new proposals, which is open to the public by 10 April. A decision is expected in summer.
After the Labor Government approved the deal last year, Royal Mail’s original company Czech billionaire Daniel Cretinsky is being sold to a controlled business in a £ 3.6BN deal.
The government will maintain a “Golden Share”, which means that Mr. Cretinsky’s business will have to receive approval for the Royal Mail’s ownership, its headquarters location and any change of its tax residence.
The Royal Mail should also follow the USO, which Mr. Cretinsky has promised to “unless I am alive”.
