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Originally Posted by 007stuart
Yes, just like exposing Royal Mail to the free market, driving efficiencies in that business resulted in the cherry picking of the profitable parts of a universal service and suddenly prices for 1st and 2nd class mail rocket and of course we can "trust" these providers not to make a mistake in setting regulated prices see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47331801. |
Letters cost more because the unit cost has skyrocketed, what with us all going paperless. Competition in the small parcels sector has worked brilliantly, even for us out in the sticks where any of half a dozen couriers bring us packages (but hardly any come via the useless Parcel Farce service, which deserves to die on its arse).