UK Government
Policy on Postal Services - Overview
The Government's policy for the postal services sector remains founded in the key objectives that flowed from the White Paper on Post Office Reform. The Postal Services Act 2000 and many of its subsequent related statutory instruments successfully implemented the White Paper objectives and created a new framework for postal services. Please use the links below to find out more on specific policy areas.
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® DTI Ministers whose areas of responsibility encompass
postal services
® UK Government's role in the postal services sector
® The White Paper on Post Office Reform - published
July 1999
® The Postal Services Act 2000
® The transfer of the Post Office to Royal Mail Holdings
plc
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The Universal Service Obligation
® Government's shareholder responsibilities as
regards Royal Mail
® The Post Office Network
® Social and Environmental guidance issued to the Regulator
® Free postal services for the blind and partially sighted
® Royal Mail restructuring loan facility
® March 2005
Government Response to "Invest In Quality" Postcard
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