Press Release From The Save Earl's Court Campaign.

*Open Day*

Last week started with us having a table at the Friends of Brompton Cemetery Open Day. If you remember, they put up a fight against the Seagrave Road development. I attach a picture of artist

Duggie Fields who helped to man our table as we collected signatures for the Eric Pickles petition.

*Petition Handover*

We took our online and offline petitions to the Department for Communities and Local Government. A total of 5,907 signatures requesting that Eric Pickles call in the planning applications and hold a public inquiry regarding the demolition of the two council housing estates and the exhibition centres.

Here are pictures of our banners as residents from RBKC and LBHF stood together.  You can also see the petition handover by Linda Wade,  (Earl's Court Councillor, Lib Dem) and Andy Slaughter MP (Hammersmith, Labour) who also had letters for Eric Pickles, to a senior planning officer at the Department for Communities.

*Press*

We are in this weekend's edition of the Morning Star on page 5 and also in the local papers in LBHF and RBKC (26 July edition)

Motorists win landmark judgement against cash-strapped council which hiked parking charges as stealth tax to fund other services.

Barnet residents' parking permits soared up to 300 per cent in cost.

Now they have won ruling saying it is illegal for councils to use parking charges to raise money for other transport projects.

Motorists have won a landmark judgement after the High Court ruled it illegal for a cash-strapped council to hike parking charges as a revenue-raising stealth ‘tax’ to subsidise its other services.

Motoring groups said the ruling was ‘fantastic news’ which had major implications for millions of drivers because it would stop local authorities across the country ‘picking on drivers’ to fill their empty coffers by imposing similar illegal parking ‘taxes’.

A High Court judge ruled Barnet council in north London acted unlawfully when it increased the cost of residents' parking permits and visitor vouchers in controlled parking zones (CPZs) to raise revenue.

Objectors complained that the increases had made parking in Barnet's quiet residential streets 'more expensive than parking outside Harrods' and were ‘picking the pockets’ of residents'.

They argued that around 10 per cent of Barnet residents, who lived in CPZs, were heavily subsidising transport services for the whole borough and that the parking hikes were designed by the council to fund expenditure on road maintenance, subsised concessionary fares and other road transport costs.

Mrs Justice Lang  agreed, declaring at London's High Court that the 1984 Road Traffic Regulation Act ‘is not a fiscal measure and does not authorise the authority to use its powers to charge local residents for parking in order to raise surplus revenue for other transport purposes’.

The judge ruled that Barnet had misinterpreted the law when it concluded that it was lawful for the council 'to budget for a surplus (of parking charges) at any level which it considered appropriate in order to generate income for other transport purposes which it wished to fund.'

Residents in the borough had originally faced residential parking charges of £20 for a first car and 35p each for visitor vouchers.

Those charges were increased in 2006 to £40 and £1. But in 2011 they soared to £100 and £4 - among the highest controlled parking zone charges in London.

The ruling is believed by experts to be the first successful legal challenge against the level of parking charges set by a local authority. It could see thousands of Barnet residents reclaim millions of pounds in unlawfully collected charges.

More significantly it could lead to many more legal challenges and prevent similar actions. 

Professor Stephen Glaister is director of the RAC Foundation which had given evidence backing the residents. He said: ‘Our position has now been vindicated.

 

‘This is fantastic news for drivers. The law is explicit - parking charges are about managing congestion, not raising revenue.

'If there is a surplus collected then there are strict rules on what it can be used for. Why did Barnet ever think it had an arguable case to pick on one group of residents to shoulder an additional tax?’

Professor Glaister said he had some sympathy with cash-strapped councils, but added: ’But we have no sympathy for attempts to make up the shortfall by arbitrarily picking on drivers. That view has now been backed by the courts.

‘Councils thinking of turning to motorists to balance the books would do well to read the judgement and put their heads back below the parapet. This ruling will be felt by hundreds of local authorities and benefit millions of drivers.’

The ruling was achieved by the Barnet CPZ Action group, made up of residents from the borough, including solicitor David Attfield, who brought the lead case. 

Mr Attfield, from East Finchley, won the quashing of the council's decision in February 2011 to dramatically increase the charges with effect from April 2011. 

The judge rejected arguments put forward by council lawyers that it had powers under section 45 of the 1984 Act to raise a surplus from parking charges for transport functions.

There were no parking charges in Mr Attfield's quiet residential road until the Controlled-Parking Zone CPZ was first introduced in 2001 to prevent tube commuters parking in local streets.

The judge ordered the council to repay the parking charges unlawfully obtained from Mr Attfield, plus his legal costs, opening the way for other residents to seek their money back. 

The judge formally rejected Barnet's application to appeal against her ruling, but the council can still ask the Court of Appeal to hear the case. Mrs Justice Lang said her orders against Barnet would be stayed until the appeal court makes a decision.

Source: Daily Mail 

Redundancy payments for Olympic executives cost £2.8m

The financial reports of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) show 144 officials were paid a share of more than £2m ahead of the authority winding down in 2014.

Exit payments cost £2.8m in 2012-13, the Annual Report and Accounts said.

Chief executive Dennis Hone, made redundant in March, was paid £80,000 and had £373,000 paid into his pension.

An ODA spokesman said hiring the best people required many to give up secure long-term jobs elsewhere.

'Tough criteria'

The financial reports note that the chief executive was entitled to receive statutory redundancy pay and a terminal bonus equivalent to 60% of his salary as part of his employment rights.

It said: "The Remuneration Committee decided to award a terminal bonus of 49% of his salary and to defer 50% of the bonus until the successful completion of the sale of East Village to QDD."

Mr Hone was hired shortly after his redundancy as chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation.

An ODA spokesman said London 2012 had been a "unique and challenging project and a great British success story".

He said: "We needed to recruit and pay for the best talent from the private and public sectors, requiring people in many cases to give up secure long-term jobs elsewhere, with no certainty of the project's success or getting a job after the Games.

"The exit payments for staff other than Dennis Hone comprise only - and are limited to - statutory redundancy pay, any leave they were unable to take before their employment ended, and, where appropriate, payment in lieu of notice.

"Like other staff, Dennis Hone received performance related pay, but this was far from guaranteed and was measured against tough performance criteria."

On Friday, a report for the UK Trade and Investment department suggested the Olympics resulted in a £9.9bn boost for the economy.

Source: BBC News London.

Bogus taxi driver from Stoneleigh jailed for two years

A man who tried to pass himself off as a black cab driver has been jailed for two years.

Terence O’Leary, 51, of Stoneleigh Broadway, Epsom, was spotted in January driving a black cab in London with forged area identifiers - displayed on a sticker inside all black cabs with the licence details of the driver. 

He was arrested and police found a forged taxi driver licence and three forged taxi driver badges when they searched his home address.

While he was on bail, information was received by the police that O’Leary was trying to hire a taxi from a company using a licence that appeared to be forged and he was again arrested.

O’Leary, who has never been a licensed taxi driver, appeared at Kingston Crown Court earlier this month and was jailed for two years for nine offences under the Fraud Act.

The five-month investigation into the offences was led by the Met Police’s safer transport command (STC), in partnership with TfL’s taxi and private hire directorate (TPH).

Siwan Hayward, TfL's acting director of community safety, enforcement and policing, added: "Fraudulent activities that put the travelling public at risk or undermine the legitimate and law-abiding taxi trade will not be tolerated."

Putting The London Cab Back On Point

We believe our right to “ply for hire” is under threat. 

The current thinking of the Law Commission is to discard the concept of plying for hire and not to define it, to control Taxi numbers but not PHVs, and to provide legislation for Pedicabs to be licensed.

Here are the major issues urgently in need of redress:-

 

    * Plying for hire must be defined both in our favour and in statute.

    * Pedicabs and alike must never have the right to ply for hire or operate on the highway.

    * A managed growth of BOTH taxi and private hire trades is crucial for maintaining standards.

The RMT London Taxi Branch firmly believes that the status quo cannot continue if our future and the public’s safety are to be assured. However these current proposals could very well put us in a worse position, because by not defining plying for hire and repealing all our acts will make our current Hackney Carriage case law obsolete. The criminal offence of “illegally plying for hire” will cease to exist.

The 1998 London PHV Act along with policy derived through TfL`s interpretation of the law have failed to protect the cab trade`s hard earned right to ply for hire. Plying for hire allows a Taxi to be publicly hired. It is now time for the world class London Taxi to be fully integrated alongside the other publicly hired modes of transport within the capital. To be treated equally with buses, trains and trams and not in a second class way.

So ask yourself this question “Is this as good as it gets?

Register your support by texting

4Hire followed by your name and badge number to: - 60777

(Your details will be treated in confidence)

 

LEAVING LONDON ALONE IS NOT THE ANSWER - JOIN THE RMT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

Palestra Diversions: Mid July-October.

There will be road closures & a diversion route around Palestra from mid-July to Oct for building works.

For map and more details go to http://ow.ly/d/1lwu

Diversion routes for Union Street one-way working Planned for 5 August – 5 September 2013 

RMT: Open, Transparent And Member Led: A Driver's Charter. Part 3

The Charter

A definition of 'plying for hire' in statute. The definition should :

• Distinguish between the working practices of taxis and ph vehicles.

• Recognise the working practices of responding to a hail and ranking.

• Confirm that ph vehicles are not be permitted to wait outside venues in advance of bookings.

• Recognise the separate offences of plying for hire and touting for hire.

• Accept 'solicitation' as the defining action between touting and plying for hire.

Legislation to be simplified so that taxi & ph law can be effectively enforced. 

Regulations should :

• Ensure the boundary between primary legislation and local licensing policy is clearly defined.

• Confirm the source of funding for enforcement.

• Ensure that pre-booking remains the only way to engage a ph vehicle.

• Ensure that all ph journeys have proof of pre-booking

• Ensure fines for illegally plying for hire & touting reflect the danger they pose to the public.

• Ensure the terms 'licensed taxi', 'ph vehicle' and 'unlicensed vehicle' are used appropriately.

• Prevent misleading use of the word 'taxi' on the internet

• Ensure fines for illegally plying for hire & touting are set at a level that will act as a deterrent.

• Ensure crime and licensing statistics are held separately for taxis, ph and unlicensed vehicles.

• Allow vehicles that are illegally plying/touting for hire to be impounded.

Licensed taxis and private hire vehicles are clearly distinct.

• All newly licensed taxis to be the same colour.

• All newly licensed private hire vehicles to be the same colour, but different from taxis.

Licensed taxis and private hire vehicles are easily identifiable.

• PH vehicles should always be a ph vehicle and should only be driven by a ph driver.

• Rear licence plates and permanent “pre-booked only” door vinyls to be mandatory for ph vehicles.

• Roof lights restricted for use by licensed taxis only.

A uniform disciplinary procedure for all licensed taxi drivers. The new procedure should:

• Define 'fit and proper'.

• Define who has the authority to sanction licence suspensions and revocations.

• Ensure that taxi drivers are allowed legal representation at all stages of a complaints procedure.

• Ensure that taxi drivers have the right of appeal to the Crown Court.

• Allow drivers to continue working until any appeal is complete.

• Remove the requirement, outside London, for interviews regarding complaints to be conducted under PACE.

Taxis are given more consideration as part of an integrated transport system.

•  Licensing authorities to provide taxi ranks where there is demand.

•  Licensing authorities to maintain taxi ranks so that they are fit for purpose.

Taxi drivers to be treated fairly at airports.

• Allow licensed taxis to perform the duties laid out in statute by providing free waiting facilities.

• Prevent ph vehicles acting as if they are taxis.

Local authorities to manage the number of licences for both taxis and private hire to ensure:

• Taxi drivers are able to earn a reasonable living.

• Taxi drivers are involved in decisions that would impact on their livelihoods.

• Local Authorities must justify the number of PH licences where sufficient taxi provision

exists.

Legislation to prohibit Cross Border Hiring

The RMT supports the integrity of licensed taxis in any given area to the exclusion of taxis/private hire accepting hirings out of their areas.

Pedicabs to be banned from operating on the public highway

Thinking about Joining?

Join online at www.rmt.org.uk

or via the RMT Freephone Helpline on 0800 376 3706 

Boris Bike Ballot Result - Solid Yes Vote For Strike

TRANSPORT UNION RMT confirmed today that in a ballot of staff running the London “Boris Bike’s” scheme, members have voted 100% for strike action over a range of grievances:

• The imposition of a 2% pay increase for 2013

• The imposition of shift change patterns

• The continuous bullying and harassment of members

• The company’s refusal to reach a formal agreement on travelling time or on travel allowances.

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said:

“By voting 100% for strike action RMT members are sending out the clearest message to Serco Barclays, the scheme operators, that they are serious about this fight for justice on pay and working conditions on the London cycle scheme and we now expect the company to wake up and start meaningful talks.”

“By voting 100% for strike action RMT members are sending out the clearest message to Serco Barclays, the scheme operators, that they are serious about this fight for justice on pay and working conditions" - Bob Crow

“Despite warnings that the so-called “Boris Bikes” are facing severe docking and capacity problems, the staff running the London cycle hire scheme are facing a bullying management who are imposing outrageous changes to conditions of service while denying our members a fair pay increase for a massively increasing workload.

“RMT will not stand aside and watch this group of key transport staff get kicked from pillar to post. The London Cycle Hire Scheme is much more than a vanity project and a publicity stunt for the London Mayor, it is now a valuable part of our transport system and the staff should be valued as such. The scheme has attracted global publicity but now risks collapsing into chaos through a massive under-investment in staff, bikes and docking stations.

“A month ago there were warnings that the scheme was degenerating into a laughing stock because docking stations in key locations have no bikes and that the operators were facing a barrage of complaints from visitors to the City – RMT members will not be left to take the rap from a bullying management that refuses to take responsibility for its actions. This 100% vote for strike action cannot be ignored and RMT’s executive will consider the next steps in this campaign for workplace justice.”

Result of the ballot for strikes is as follows:-

Total Votes Cast 44

Number Voting ‘Yes’ 44

Number Voting ‘No’ 0

Spoilt Papers 0

We congratulate our brother members on their determination to fight for a better deal for this badlytreated workforce.

The RMT remain available for talks to resolve this dispute.

RMT: Open, Transparent And Member Led: A Driver's Charter.

Part 2

What we've got now

Policy

Our members have developed policies on many issues that affect licensed taxi drivers. The introduction to this Charter briefly describes our position on issues such as plying for hire, the distinction between the licensed taxi and ph trades and enforcement.

Parliamentary Support

The RMT Parliamentary Group currently comprises 23 Labour MPs, including John McDonnell MP who is the Convenor.

The Group meets in Parliament approximately every two months to discuss how best to take forward the union’s campaigns and the programme of work that is carried out in liaison with RMT 

Head Office.

This group played an important role in blocking legislation that would have had a damaging effect on London drivers' right to ply for hire, please see below.

Pedicabs

The London Local Authorities Bill was recently debated in the House of Commons. It contained a clause that would have granted provision for a licensing system and ranking facilities for pedicabs, undermining the highly regulated taxi trade.

Months of campaigning by the RMT, along with the support of the our parliamentary convenor John McDonnell, forced the sponsors to withdraw the offending clause.

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said;

“The idea that someone on a lashed together pedicab should enjoy the same rights as a taxi driver who is tightly regulated on the grounds of both safety and knowledge is one that RMT has fought tooth and nail alongside our parliamentary convenor John McDonnell.

Everyone in the taxi trade knows that it is the RMT that has led the way in this fight and it is the hard work and determination of our members, using the full resources of the organisation, which has secured this important victory.”

Airports

The RMT is committed to “fair play” at airports for licensed taxis within the rules governing plying for hire and set out in statute.

We have ongoing legal action against a private company at Heathrow airport that is organising taxi work which takes customers away from the ranks.

The RMT is campaigning for a “first cab, first job” system which ensures an equal distribution of work amongst all taxi drivers working at airports.

Law Commission

The Law Commission is currently reviewing Taxi and Private Hire Services and is due to present their final recommendations in late 2013.

This review could have serious consequences for the licensed taxi trade including the introduction of a deregulated, one-tier system and ph vehicles being allowed to use the term 'taxi'. However, we believe the review also presents us with an opportunity to protect licensed taxi drivers' working conditions and improve public safety.

The RMT has insisted that the regulations imposed on taxi drivers and their vehicles have been successful and that public safety has been well protected. We have therefore called for the regulations to further differentiate between the taxi and ph trades by creating a legal definition of 'plying for hire', the distinguishing feature of your trade.

We have also proposed that the new legislation should ensure that; taxis are distinct and easily identifiable, the rules that govern enforcement are simplified, the source of funding for enforcement is confirmed and a clear boundary is defined between primary legislation and local licensing policy.

Our members maintain that legislation delegated to local authorities has allowed the roles of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles to become blurred without authority from Parliament. We have called for the new regulations, where possible, to be created in primary legislation in order to prevent local authorities introducing policies to suit their interpretation of the law.

Support for the issues detailed above has recently been formalised by a General Grades Committee resolution that will ensure the full resources of the RMT, including the RMT Parliamentary Group, are used to secure a favourable outcome for our members.

RMT: Open, Transparent And Member Led: A Driver's Charter.

The RMT have been working on a charter for all taxi drivers members.

The document being put together is a work in progress and as such is not yet policy.

You can have your say as to the final draft of the document before it is presented to unity house for ratification. 

As this work is quite substantial it has been decided to serialise over the next few days. 

Please take the time to read carefully and use the comment facility to discuss.

Remember, it hasn't been approved by HQ, but it does describe how we have different views from other trade orgs on many of the LC proposals.

PART 1

Introduction

This Charter describes the RMT's position on many of the issues that are affecting licensed taxi drivers and explains how our members are campaigning to improve your working conditions. It also explains the benefits of belonging to our union and provides information about how you can join.

Licensed taxis are subject to a strict licensing regime that regulates both you and your vehicle. The RMT recognise the crucial role that these regulations have played in protecting your customers and we assert that these high standards should be maintained.

However, despite your undoubted contribution to public safety, many local authorities have allowed the roles of the licensed taxi and private hire trades to become blurred. These policies and lack of enforcement of taxi and private hire legislation has allowed vehicles, other than licensed taxis, to “ply for hire”. Indeed, in some areas, ph companies actually hold the monopoly to “ply for hire” at many venues where they are allowed to interview and cherry-pick customers.

The RMT strongly believe that plying for hire is the privilege in return for which you accept the restrictions imposed upon it in the public interest. As such, we maintain that the authorities should recognise the different working practices of the taxi and private hire trades and take robust action against those who do not.

All parties recognise the danger that illegally plying for hire and touting pose to public safety. We are therefore campaigning for a number of changes to legislation that will help define the boundary between our working practices and those of the private hire trade. We believe the following changes would simplify enforcement by helping to identify unlicensed drivers and those acting outside the terms of their licence.

Recognition of solicitation as the defining action between the offences of illegally plying for hire and touting for hire.

We assert that a vehicle that is inviting custom by being visible and available for immediate use is “plying for hire”. If the driver of that vehicle then invites a potential customer to engage it, then the separate offence of touting has been committed.

All ph operators to have a system to capture and provide proof of a booking.

If enforced, this simple solution would deny clip board Johnnies the opportunity to interview and cherry pick customers that would have otherwise chosen to travel by licensed taxi.

Taxis and private hire vehicles should be distinct and easily identifiable.

We have campaigned for all newly licensed taxis to be the same colour whilst all

newly licensed private hire vehicles should be an identical colour but different to taxis. Our members also believe that permanent “no booking, no ride” door vinyls should be mandatory for private hire vehicles and that roof lights should be restricted for use by licensed taxis only.

The RMT is concerned about a recent legal case which could have a damaging effect on enforcement. The High Court has recently produced a landmark decision confirming that it is unlawful for a local authority to charge lawful licensees for the cost of enforcement against unlicensed operators. We are working to confirm the source of funding for action against unlicensed drivers.

The taxi trade, and in particular, your hard earned right to ply for hire is being undermined. The time has come to fight back with the strength and experience of the RMT, a member led, specialist transport union.

Services & Benefits

Our members have access to a variety of services that protect and promote your interests in the workplace. There are also a number of benefits included with your membership.

Services

Member Led Union

RMT members determine policy at Branch meetings, this gives you the chance to have your say and influence your Branch's policy.

Representation

Branch members can request advice on how to challenge Penalty Charge Notices issued by local authorities.

Where Branch members are requested to reply to complaints made against them by members of the public to a local authority, then they may seek the assistance of a Branch representative in correspondence. Where driver attendance at a personal hearing is requested by the licensing authority, then a member may ask to be accompanied by a Branch officer

If a Branch member is arrested at work (or driving a taxi to or from work) the RMT Legal Helpline can arrange for a solicitor to be available.

Legal Services

Free legal services from Thompsons Solicitors.

Members are eligible for legal representation in personal injury claims, employment tribunals and criminal law.

For full details contact RMT Legal Services 0800 587 7516 or visit www.thompsonstradeunionlaw.co.uk

Benefits

Fines Pool

RMT taxi drivers can join the union's Fines Pool for £5 per year. The fines pool reimburses members for any speeding fines, related court costs and lost time to attend court hearings.

The Fines Pool will also pay for speed awareness courses where a member opts out of a Court appearance and has not agreed to a caution.

Contact your branch for details.

Financial Protection

The RMT can help you protect the things that matter most, we can cover :-

The Unexpected like serious accidents. Up to £100,000 cover for less than £2 per week. Cover for partners and children.

Your Life. A cash lump sum in the event of your death.

Your Wages. Cash coming in if you are off work due to illness, accident or injury.

50+ Accident Insurance Pays up to £6000 for a wide range of injuries. Designed to cover the costs of treatment, taxis, help around the house and even a holiday to recuperate.

Free £2500 personal accident and accidental death cover.

For further information visit http://www.rmtprotect.com/ or call 0845 026 1101.

Credit Union

Our not-for-profit Credit Union is run by RMT members for RMT members. Members can save and apply for low interest loans.

For further information about these benefits contact your rep or RMT Head Office on freephone 0800 376 3706. 

Part 2 soon.

[RMTLondonCalling] Issues for RMT members

I am writing to you about several issues – click on the links for more details.

Taxis
RMT Lonodn Taxi Drivers recently lobbied Parliament in support of the policies we want the Law Commission to adopt in its review. The union has also produced a glossy newsletter for taxi drivers. If you would like a bundle to give out – whether you are a cabbie, or whether you are willing to give them out to cabbies – please email me you name and address and I will send some to you. More on taxis here:http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/londontaxis

Lillie Bridge
Boris Johnson has approved a scheme that will allow demolition and redevelopment in the Earls Court area. Lillie Bridge Depot could be replaced by posh flats - but London Underground has not even consulted properly with your union about protecting members' work! More information here: http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/taxonomy/term/319

London Overground cuts conductors
Following the government’s announcement of a 12.5% cut in TfL’s funding, we will have to battle to defend jobs and services and oppose the cuts. London Overground has announced that it is scrap conductors – and RMT has announced that it will fight this! More information here:http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/lorol

Brian Munro Cancer Fighting Fund
Brian’s fund has already raised half of its £45,000 target! To follow its progress, and make a donation, click here:http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/BrianMunroCancerFightingFund


Yours in solidarity


Janine Booth
London Transport Region representative
RMT Council of Executives
@JanineBooth
www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk 

Petition to Save Our Royal Mail

I'm proud to work for the Royal Mail, I think it's a great British institution and it provides a vital service for communities across the country. But right now minister's are preparing to privatise our Royal Mail with no guarantee that the services we rely on will be protected.

I cover three delivery routes in Devon everyday supporting local businesses and residents. For some older residents I might be the only person they see all day and it's good for them to see a friendly postman saying hello.

If the Government sells Royal Mail then the services that many people take for granted will be cut. The daily delivery service could stop -- meaning some rural areas will only see their postperson a few times a week. The price of a stamp could go up, local post offices could close and the private companies might start charging much more to delivery to rural areas. People will be left isolated, UK businesses will be affected and jobs will be at risk.

Royal Mail has gone through many changes over the last few years -- our hours have changed, start times have been adjusted and we've been called to take on more work. It has been hard at times to keep up with the demands. But I'm really proud of how we have coped. Reports show that the Royal Mail business is in a strong place -- all the changes and hard work is paying off. Yet the Government is paying millions to the banks to sell off the Royal Mail.

Government ministers have the power to make sure Royal Mail services are protected -- from our regular delivery service, to the price of stamps, to our jobs. My union, the Communications Workers Union is working with a coalition of other organisations to protect the Royal Mail. I hope my petition will also show the huge the public support out there for the Royal Mail. Ministers have to listen to voters, if enough of us tell them we want the Royal Mail services to be protected they will have make clear guarantees -- after all it our still our Royal Mail!

So please sign the petition and help Save Our Royal Mail.

By Darren R. Sign the Petition