The daily post service is dying. Of course it is unprofitable to deliver daily to every house in the country for a flat fee, no matter how rural. It doesn't take a genius to work that out. I don't see how private investment is going to make much difference to that. Or who would be crazy enough to invest.
I have said before that we need to decide what sort of postal service we want. The majority of mail these days is DM, door drops and bills, plus the seasonal surge of Christmas cards.
Does that all need a daily service, everywhere?
Modern life has moved on. As a consumer, I would be quite happy to recieve my mail two or three times a week. There is rarely anything that important that a day would make any difference. Online billing and statements will further reduce volumes in the years to come. Even DM will go increasingly electronic. Private investors will see that, and only be interested in the profitable bits.
If you live in John O'Groats, or somewhere remote, you have no chance.
Hugh Bessant
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