Top quality stamp value to extend to £ 1.70

The Royal Mail has introduced that on April 7, the price of the primary class stamp can be 5P to £ 1.70.

It will enhance the value of second grade stamps from 2P to 87p in a single day.

The firm mentioned that the choice fastidiously thought of “to balance the strength with the increasing cost of mailing”.

Civil recommendation described the change as “another blow to consumers”, and that the change within the second class value was “unjust”.

The variety of Royal Mail supply has fallen from a 20 billion summit in 2004-05, which has elevated to six.6 billion final yr.

However, the value of tickets has continued to extend. Since 2022, the Royal Mail has already elevated the price of the primary class stamp 5 occasions from 85p to £ 1.65.

The subsequent progress, in April, the outcome was – it mentioned – to provide much less letters at extra addresses.

Nick Landon, Chief Commercial Officer of Royal Mail, mentioned, “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 recommendation of client advocates residents mentioned that hundreds of thousands of individuals can be pressured to pay extra whereas affected by 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 ought to be executed Distribute second class letters solely each different week And not on Saturday to guard the way forward for the postal trade of the UK.

One-Pius-Gois-At the identical time, Universal Service Obility (USO) signifies that the Royal Mail is to be given a parcel on six days every week, Monday to Saturday, and Monday to Friday.