A postwoman is suing Royal Mail for compensation after she was viciously attacked by a dog.
The price of a first class stamp is to rise to 62p, with second class stamps rising to 53p from the 31 March, the Royal Mail has announced.
The past few months have seen the flotation of Royal Mail, the Lloyds share sale and the first national employee ownership day. The theme linking these three developments is one that has been around since the 1980s: the belief that everyone should own property and shares in companies.
Royal Mail shares rose by more than a third to 456p at the start of open trading on the London Stock Exchange, fuelling fears that the company was sold too cheaply.
The government has given formal notice to the London Stock Exchange that it is preparing for a floatation of the privatised business “in the coming weeks”.