Do you support the Royal Mail reducing deliveries to week days only?

Royal Mail has asked the Government for an early move to cut its letter service to five days a week as it unveiled hefty losses after a hit from crippling strike action.

Boss Simon Thompson vowed to do “whatever it takes” to turn the group around after half-year results showed it tumbled to a £219 million underlying operating loss in the 26 weeks to September 25 against earnings of £235 million a year ago.

The group said three days of strike action in the first half cost Royal Mail around £70 million, while a further five days in October are estimated to have cost another £30 million.

It is in “intensive” talks with unions to avert further strikes but is making up to 6,000 redundancies amid a swingeing overhaul to turn around its fortunes.

It has formally asked the Government to switch from a six-days-a-week letter delivery service to five, covering Monday to Friday, under its Universal Service agreement.

The group will look to maintain a seven-day parcel delivery service.

What are your views – would no postal delivery on a Saturday impact you? Do you support this proposal?