Royal Mail privatisation: Union warns of risk to rural deliveries

Name: Royal Mail privatisation: Union warns of risk to rural deliveries
Uploaded: 2013-07-10T08:49:22.000Z
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Description: Privatising Royal Mail could lead companies to pick and choose the most profitable areas and leave some parts of the country uncovered, the Communication Works Union (CWU) has warned.

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Privatising Royal Mail could lead companies to pick and choose the most profitable areas and leave some parts of the country uncovered, the Communication Works Union (CWU) has warned.

Deputy general secretary Dave Ward told BBC News that "no law will protect" the current principle of more profitable, urban areas subsidising rural parts of the country, if that happened.

Business Secretary Vince Cable is to outline his plan for a share flotation to MPs on Wednesday.

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10 July 2013