{"id":2402041,"date":"2026-05-04T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2402041"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:59:09","slug":"the-end-of-royal-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-end-of-royal-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"The End Of Royal Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qv7G_yNCkkg?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\ud83c\udfaf SPONSOR \u2014 GROUND NEWS<br \/>\nThis video is sponsored by Ground News. Compare how every outlet covers the same story side by side, see bias and ownership at a glance, and get the full picture you&#8217;re not supposed to.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 Get 40% off the Vantage plan: https:\/\/ground.news\/fineprint<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the British government sold Royal Mail \u2014 a 508-year-old national institution founded by Henry VIII \u2014 for \u00a33.3bn. On day one of trading the City pocketed \u00a3750m. By 2025 it was sold off again to a Czech billionaire who once rented his Billionaires&#8217; Row mansion to Justin Bieber. The pension was loaded onto taxpayers at \u00a34 million a day. The first-class stamp tripled. One in four letters now arrive late.<br \/>\nThis is how they killed Royal Mail \u2014 who profited, who paid, and what you can actually do about it.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccb WHAT YOU CAN DO<\/p>\n<p>Claim Royal Mail compensation: royalmail.com\/claims<br \/>\nReport failures to Citizens Advice: 0808 223 1133<br \/>\nMissed an NHS appointment? Contact PALS at your hospital<br \/>\nMissed a DWP deadline? Apply for mandatory reconsideration<br \/>\nWrite to your MP \u2014 keep the postmarked envelope as evidence<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcda SOURCES<\/p>\n<p>National Audit Office \u2014 Privatisation of Royal Mail (2014)<br \/>\nHouse of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee \u2014 Royal Mail Privatisation report (July 2014)<br \/>\nHouse of Commons Library \u2014 Privatisation of Royal Mail briefing<br \/>\nBureau of Investigative Journalism \u2014 Priority investor allocations FOI<br \/>\nOfcom \u2014 Enforcement decisions and quality of service reports<br \/>\nBBC News \u2014 Royal Mail staff hiding undelivered post investigation<br \/>\nITV Meridian \u2014 Tonbridge depot M25 reporting<br \/>\nCitizens Advice \u2014 Christmas 2025 postal delays report<br \/>\nBusiness and Trade Committee \u2014 Daniel K\u0159et\u00ednsk\u00fd oral evidence (March 2026)<br \/>\nCommunication Workers Union \u2014 strike ballot data<br \/>\nCompanies House \u2014 International Distribution Services \/ EP UK Bidco filings<br \/>\nNeil Record \u2014 Royal Mail pension scheme analysis<br \/>\nVince Cable \u2014 Sky News interview, October 2013<br \/>\nStoke Sentinel, Mumsnet, MoneySavingExpert \u2014 community reporting<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more: @TheFinePrintYT<br \/>\n#RoyalMail #UKPolitics #Privatisation<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qv7G_yNCkkg\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfaf SPONSOR \u2014 GROUND NEWS This video is sponsored by Ground News. Compare how every outlet covers the same story side by side, see bias and ownership at a glance, and get the full picture you&#8217;re not supposed to. \ud83d\udc49 Get 40% off the Vantage plan: https:\/\/ground.news\/fineprint In 2013, the British government sold Royal Mail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2402041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777928346_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402043,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402041\/revisions\/2402043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}