Veto on Zonal Mail Pricing Welcomed

Stuart McMillan MSP has welcomed a report from postal services watchdog Postcomm outlining their reasons for proposing to reject zonal pricing of mail deliveries.

Stuart had raised concerns about the proposals for applying a surcharge on the delivery of mail in remote or rural areas.

He said: “I am delighted that this unreasonable and discriminatory idea has been thrown out by the watchdog. This would have affected many customers and businesses in rural areas of the West of Scotland. These proposals struck at the heart of Royal Mail’s universal service obligation and ordinary people across the West of Scotland would have suffered. I hope this is the last we will hear of zonal pricing.”