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Price of first class stamps to rise to £1.80
Royal Mail’s stamp prices rise amid falling letter volumes and growing delivery address totals, with first-class stamps up 10p to £1.80 despite repeated missed delivery targets.
- Royal Mail will raise the price of a first-class stamp by 10p to £1.80 and a second-class stamp by 4p to 91p from April 7 due to higher delivery costs amid falling letter volumes and more delivery addresses.
- The price of a first-class stamp has increased significantly in the past six years after eight rises, while second-class stamps have risen six times during the same period.
- Royal Mail has repeatedly failed to meet its first-class delivery targets since 2019-20, raising concerns about service reliability and increasing delays.
- Citizens Advice warns that service cuts and reduced delivery performance risk worsening delays and calls for price rises to be tied to Royal Mail's delivery performance.
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