Royal Mail bosses to be called to Parliament over letter delivery failures
It comes after hundreds of people contacted BBC Your Voice to express frustration over late deliveries.
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"The Committee is very concerned by consistent and growing reports, and now many direct representations, about significant failures in Royal Mail's letter delivery service."
— Liam Byrne , Politician
"We started getting complaints from customers about delays so we had to make a change."
— Freya Kentish , Executive
Key People
Daniel Kretinsky is a Czech billionaire and owner of Royal Mail.
Freya Kentish is the head of operations at the online retailer Postbox Party.
Liam Byrne is the chair of the Business and Trade Committee in the UK Parliament.
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It comes after hundreds of people contacted BBC Your Voice to express frustration over late deliveries.
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