Summary
Royal Mail is changing how it delivers second-class letters. It will no longer deliver them on Saturdays to help save money. Ofcom, the industry regulator, approved this change because fewer people are sending letters, which increases costs.
Key Facts
- Royal Mail will stop delivering second-class letters on Saturdays.
- Ofcom is the industry regulator that approved this change.
- Fewer letters are being sent, which causes delivery costs to rise.
- The Universal Service Obligation (USO) requires Royal Mail to deliver letters six days a week.
- First-class letters will still be delivered six days a week.
- New delivery targets require 90% of first-class mail to be delivered next-day and 95% of second-class mail within three days.
- A new target aims for 99% of all mail to be delivered no more than two days late.
