Royal mail; post offices

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.

The SNP will this week bring opposition to UK Government plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail to the Scottish Parliament.

Controversial UK Government plans for part-privatisation of Royal Mail are “in pieces” after a Commons Committee said the government has not made the case for the move, and criticised the worrying lack of transparency over Lord Mandelson’s proposals.

SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has backed the campaign for the creation of Post Banks.