Royal Mail agrees upon pay deal with postal workers’ union

Agreement includes a 10% salary increase and a one-off lump sum of £500 for all CWU-grade employees

Royal Mail has agreed to a pay deal with the postal workers’ union to end a long-running and bitter dispute that led to the first national strikes since its privatisation a decade ago.

The company said it had reached a deal after talks with the Communication Workers Union, which represents about 112,000 postal workers.