Overview
- Royal Mail’s latest daily update lists 18 delivery offices disrupting service, delaying mail to 44 postcodes across the UK and Northern Ireland.
- The operator attributes the problems to high local staff sickness, resourcing shortfalls and other local factors, and it has apologised to customers.
- Deliveries in affected areas will be rotated to spread the impact, with targeted support sent to local offices to restore normal service.
- A vehicle left the Midlands Parcel Hub late for Preston and Glasgow Mail Centres, delaying items bound for BB, FY, LA, PR, G, KA, ML and PA areas, while Bristol Mail Centre issues affected items posted from BA, BS, GL and TA.
- Recent figures show 77.5% of first‑class post arrived next day and 91.6% of second‑class within three days, missing Ofcom targets, as the CWU links persistent delays to a recruitment crisis dating to 2022.