Royal Mail temporarily suspends Saturday letter services

Royal Mail has announced it will temporarily scrap letter deliveries on Saturdays due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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From this Saturday (May 2) Royal Mail will only deliver letters between Monday and Friday.

But it will continue to deliver Special Delivery, Tracked, all non-account services and most other parcels from Monday to Saturday across the country.

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Saturday collections from businesses, Post Offices and post boxes will also continue as normal.

Royal Mail has announced it will temporarily scrap letter deliveries on Saturdays due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Royal Mail has announced it will temporarily scrap letter deliveries on Saturdays due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Royal Mail has announced it will temporarily scrap letter deliveries on Saturdays due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Shane O’Riordain, Managing Director of Marketing, Regulation And Corporate Affairs, Royal Mail said: “Our postmen and postwomen are working very hard across the UK in challenging conditions.

"As we said at the start of the coronavirus crisis, there will be some disruption to services. Relevant factors include high levels of coronavirus-related absences and necessary social distancing measures.

"We understand the importance of the postal service in keeping the UK connected at this time. We have also listened to our hard-working colleagues who have asked us to ease the additional burden on them if possible.

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"As a result, we are making some temporary changes to postal services. We have been in dialogue with the Government and Ofcom since the beginning of this crisis. We will keep the temporary change in Saturday postal arrangements under review."

Customers should continue to post both letters and parcels as usual on Saturday. Royal Mail will continue to collect all mail from businesses, post offices and post boxes.