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2010-08-01
The SNP have called on the UK coalition government to “come clean” over plans for privatisation of Royal Mail.
2010-06-30
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”.
2010-06-24
The SNP has condemned the coalition government’s rush to privatise postal services as the ‘wrong policy at the worst possible time’.
2009-10-08
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.
2009-07-01
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.
2009-06-01
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.
2009-05-12
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.
2009-05-11
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.
2009-05-10
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.
2009-05-07
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.