Royal mail; post offices

The SNP have called on the UK coalition government to “come clean” over plans for privatisation of Royal Mail.

The SNP has branded reports the Con/Dem government are considering giving postal workers shares in Royal Mail, through a John Lewis-style trust, under privatisation plans, as a “fig leaf”.

The SNP has condemned the coalition government’s rush to privatise postal services as the ‘wrong policy at the worst possible time’.

Commenting on news that Royal Mail postal workers have voted to take strike action over job security and working conditions the SNP appealed for a resolution to the dispute.

Commenting on confirmation that the UK Government has ditched immediate plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson Mike Weir MP said the proposals should be permanently abandoned.

UK Government plans for part-privatisation of Royal Mail are in ruins after it emerged that the first round of offers fell well short of expectations.

SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has expressed alarm at UK government plans to cede control over the appointment of a new Royal Mail chief executive and other key operational matters to any minority private shareholder.

SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has welcomed a poll showing almost seventy per cent opposition to controversial proposals to part-privatise Royal Mail and the threat it poses to jobs in the service.

Pressure is mounting on the prime minister to back down on controversial proposals to part-privatise Royal Mail following reports that up to 120 Labour MPs — half of the backbench party — are set to sign a letter this week demanding Gordon Brown reconsider his plans.

The SNP has today called for the UK government to "get a grip" over the future of the Royal Mail after one of the proposed private sector bidders pulled out.