2nd class Royal Mail referred to Ofcom and faces £1m fine

MPS have referred Royal Mail to the communications watchdog for not delivering letters across the country six days a week.

It was accused of having “systematically failed to deliver” its universal service obligation in a report by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.

The document also suggested Simon Thompson,

Royal Mail chief executive, was “not wholly accurate” in answers given during evidence sessions.

It was revealed Royal Mail did not deliver almost half of the first-class post on time in the run-up to Christmas – thought to be the worst performance in the firm’s history.

Now it could face a fine of around £1million.