Two thirds of the public are opposed to the government's sell off of Royal Mail, with over a third 'strongly opposed', according to a new YouGov poll.
Two thirds of the public are opposed to the government's sell off of Royal Mail, with over a third 'strongly opposed', according to a new YouGov poll.
Later today ministers will announce the final details of plans for the privatisation of Royal Mail.
Why do we insist that there is no difference between a profitable business that pays its own way, like the postal service, and one that depends mainly on taxation to fund it, like a school or a hospital?
Right-wing think tank Bow Group has admitted that the privatisation of the Royal Mail would see the price of stamps rise and leave a "poisonous legacy" for the Tory party.
Now the government has announced its intention to privatise Royal Mail, we must face up to the prospect of what the postal service might look like in a few years’ time. If the energy or rail privatisations are anything to go by those prospects are not good.