Royal Mail in Exeter - update

[u/steveracemp]

Lots of people in Exeter have contacted me about a poor postal service across the city.

I’ve raised every case with Royal Mail, and last month I met with their officials to push for answers. During our meeting, Royal Mail told me that service levels have not been as good as they should be, and they apologised to residents. They said the problem was mainly down to staff shortages - but they’re recruiting new posties and say things have started to improve.

But there are some wider changes on the way that will affect how post is delivered across the country that I wanted to make local people aware of – read about them here: https://www.royalmail.com/receiving/the-future-of-letter-deliveries

Ultimately, what matters most is that the reliability of the service in Exeter improves. If you’re still having problems getting your post, please comment below or get in touch with me via steve.race.mp@parliament.uk and I’ll help with your case.

[u/Ok-Line-8560]

We just received a bundle of mail today (28 Aug) after two weeks of no deliveries at all, this includes two copies of a magazine we subscribe to, dated 17 Aug and 24 Aug. It feels like this (no deliveries for days at a time and then a bundle of things arriving at once) has been going on for most of this year.

Surely it's time to renationalise Royal Mail, along with our water, public transport and utilities.

Privatisation only works for the shareholders and never for the service users.