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guardian.co.uk » UK news | guardian.co.uk - 14 hours ago
Open thread: Lewis Hamilton is being honoured with his own set, but who else would you like to see immortalised on postage stamps?
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Post Office $2.8 Billion in the Redtruthout.org » Truthout - All Articles - Nov 15, 2008 Washington - The Postal Service ended its fiscal year $2.8 billion in the red, battered by a faltering economy that cut the amount of mail being sent. Postmaster General John Potter said the agency is making sharp … Also tagged: retirement, fuel, layoffs, bailout |
guardian.co.uk » UK news | guardian.co.uk - Nov 14, 2008
Morebattle is a village in crisis. Its small post office will soon close and the locals are furious. Once that goes, so too will the shop it is housed in. Yet the store is at the very centre of Morebattle life, said …
Also tagged: politics, scotland, uk news, communities, society, welfare, rural affairs
guardian.co.uk » UK news | guardian.co.uk - Nov 14, 2008
It's a rainy day in Harrogate, but Cold Bath Road post office is heaving. "This is actually quiet for us," says John Moretta as the postman hauls a fourth pair of parcel-crammed bags into his van. "We're thinking of …
Also tagged: politics, uk news, welfare, rural affairs
guardian.co.uk » UK news | guardian.co.uk - Nov 14, 2008
Ministers are to hold a series of meetings with Labour and Tory backbenchers to discuss what extra services the Post Office network could provide, including helping credit unions, dealing with payment of energy bills …
Also tagged: politics, uk news, welfare, rural affairs
guardian.co.uk » Politics | guardian.co.uk - Nov 14, 2008
Michael Meacher: The government's decision on the post office card account shows that it is finally listening. Now it must do more
Also tagged: politics, climate change, economics
nytimes.com » NYT > U.S. - Nov 14, 2008
The Postal Service ended its fiscal year $2.8 billion in the red, battered by a faltering economy that cut the amount of mail being sent by 9.5 billion items.
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guardian.co.uk » Politics | guardian.co.uk - Nov 13, 2008
Labour MPs and unions are to build on their political triumph yesterday in persuading the government to let the Post Office retain the £1bn post office card account by demanding that a forthcoming review of the Royal …
Also tagged: politics, uk news, labour, trade unions
guardian.co.uk » The Guardian newspaper: Editorials & reply | guardian.co.uk - Nov 13, 2008
Editorial: This bold move will need to be followed by others if Royal Mail and the network of post office counters are to recover their health
Also tagged: business, economics, labour, economic policy
guardian.co.uk » UK news | guardian.co.uk - Nov 13, 2008
Labour MPs and unions are to demand that a forthcoming review of the Royal Mail does not lead to further break-up
Also tagged: politics, uk news, labour, trade unions