Postal service set to be allowed to deliver second-class letters on alternate weekdays and not Saturdays

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Royal Mail is set to be allowed to deliver second-class letters only on alternate weekdays and not on Saturdays under proposals to shake-up postal service rules announced the industry regulator.

Ofcom said cutting second class letters to every other week day, but still within three working days of collection and with a price cap, while maintaining first-class letters six days a week, would still meet the public’s needs.