IN RESPONSE to claims that privatisation could wreck our postal service, I wanted to point out to that in 2011, Parliament passed the Postal Services Act, which set a framework for private investment in Royal Mail.

Private investment will still allow Royal Mail to continue to deliver six days a week at a uniform price.

Royal Mail has an opportunity to grow. While we all now send fewer letters, the growth in online retailing has seen an increase in parcels. We are in a strong position to meet this demand.

We already have the largest UK delivery network and we are one of the most trusted companies in the UK.

But we need to make significant investment to stay ahead. The country’s financial position means this investment must come from the private sector.

Private investment will allow Royal Mail to increase our parcels business. This in turn will help us to continue to deliver the universal service.

The finances of Royal Mail have been transformed. We now make a good profit. That matters. It enables us to continue to provide a high-quality rural postal service.

There is a brighter future for Royal Mail and we are ready to deliver it.

Steve McGuiness, Royal Mail delivery director, Leeds Mail Centre.

 

•REGARDING a reader’s letter, of March 19, at least the package and card sent through the post did arrive, even though a little late.

On May 17 last year, I posted a golden wedding card to my wife, from Poppleton post office to an address in Poppleton. A year later and the card has not yet arrived. When I eventually got through to customer services at the post office, I was asked if I was still living with my wife and, if so, why I did I not deliver the card by hand?

I was later informed that the card was now officially lost in the system.

Ken Thorpe, Ebor Way, Upper Poppleton, York.