UK government rejects Royal Mail request to end Saturday deliveries

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Company lobbied for removal of obligation, claiming six-day service is financially unsustainable

Royal Mail’s plan to stop delivering post on Saturdays has been blocked by the government in a blow to the company, which has claimed a six-day service is financially unsustainable.

The postal company had requested that the government change the universal service obligation (USO) – a condition of its privatisation in 2013.

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