How we forced the government’s hand
The Postal Services Bill has now passed through parliament, and thanks to huge support for our campaign we won major concessions from Government.
Because of pressure from us, Government will now have to:
• Keep Royal Mail as our post provider for at least the next ten years
• Halt the ongoing post office closures
• Sustain the universal postal service for at least the lifetime of this Parliament
• Keep our 11,500 post offices open until at least until 2015
These are key safeguards for our postal service, and we should be rightly proud. It is clear that we have helped make it extremely difficult for the government to sell off Royal Mail.
However, we cannot ignore the fact that the Bill has now gone through, and so the campaign against privatisation must continue.
It was your help that kept the post out of private hands, and it’ll be your help that keeps it that way.
Thank you for everything you have done so far – and please look out for details coming soon about what’s next.
-Billy
