MP calls Royal Mail delivery cuts a 'slap in the face for families' – as it happened

Closing summary: Royal Mail to make 'drastic cut' to second-class deliveries Royal Mail’s plan to end daily second-class deliveries would be a “drastic cut” that would hit many small businesses, according to the Federation of Small Businesses, a lobby group. However, the group also said that it was reasonable for Royal Mail to take an extra day for second-class letters, and that it was glad that the postal service, owned by parent compay International Distributions Services, had not pursued a …