Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps

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Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps

theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/last-christmas-you-gave-us-first-class-royal-mail-turns-scrooge-with-gift-to-staff-of-second-class-stamps

Switch comes amid first festive season since Daniel Křetínský’s takeover of parent company IDS
Royal Mail says that it has “delivered Christmas” for more than 500 years, but this year many workers have been left feeling less than festive after the company downgraded a small gift to…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-11-09 16:53:31.