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Written by Paul on 2025-01-30 at 08:21

Looks like Ofcom has fallen victim to regulatory capture and has rolled over and agreed to Royal Mail's demands to cut deliveries and targets (proposals are out to consultation, but I doubt they will change as a result).

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/30/royal-mail-should-cut-second-class-delivery-days-says-regulator-ofcom

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Written by ⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ on 2025-01-30 at 08:34

@pwaring don't see they have much choice, the amount of paper mail is down and decreasing?

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Written by Edward Dore on 2025-01-30 at 09:07

@pwaring Ofcom should have told the private owners that Royal Mail can be taken back into public ownership for £1 if they aren’t able to meet their obligations!

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Written by mrtechno1999 on 2025-01-30 at 11:23

@pwaring it's a lot easier to lower expectations than meet targets. Can't believe it took them this long to figure it out.

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Written by penguin42 on 2025-01-30 at 13:00

@pwaring Here we often get most mail on Saturdays when they've not delivered for a few days - shrug.

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Written by Paul Martin on 2025-01-30 at 14:03

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk @pwaring@fosstodon.org Curiously the letter delivery service is more regular in rural North Wales than it is in suburban Manchester. In the town they seem to batch up into fewer delivery days.

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Written by Paul on 2025-01-30 at 15:09

@nowster @penguin42 I wonder if it's up to each delivery office or mail centre - when I post second class cards they consistently arrive the same day for some people and 3-5 days for others (all outside my local area so it's not a distance / hops issue). We get daily deliveries to our block of flats even if there are only items for one or two.

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Written by Paul Martin on 2025-01-30 at 23:52

@pwaring@fosstodon.org @penguin42@mastodon.org.uk It may even be linked to the same postal round in rural areas combining collections and deliveries, whereas in a town delivery and collecting from pillar boxes are separate activities.

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