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Post Office responds to Ofcom’s Royal Mail modernisation suggestions

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Communications regulator Ofcom said Royal Mail could save up to £650m if it delivered letters just three days a week and £200m by stopping Saturday deliveries, following its review of the service. The watchdog said switching from six to five days a week would save…

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