Royal Mail delivery alert as 28 postcodes face delays — full list

Royal Mail has issued another delay update for postcodes across the UK. The delivery firm has warned that people living in certain areas will not receive their mail on time.

As of Thursday, April 2, there are delays in areas including Birmingham, Barry, Deeside and Leatherhead. Royal Mail’s air and road network operated to schedule over the past 24 hours. However, there are delays in a number of delivery offices.

“We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week,” said Royal Mail.

“In a small number of local offices, this may temporarily not be possible due to local issues such as high levels of sick absence, resourcing, or other local factors.

“In those cases, we will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers. We also provide targeted support to those offices to address their challenges and restore our service to the high standard our customers would normally receive”, reports the Mirror.

It added: “We’re sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.”

However, he denied Royal Mail’s track record for letters arriving late was deteriorating. Speaking to the Commons Business select committee, Mr Kretinsky said: “It is not perfect, but it is not catastrophic.”

Royal Mail was handed a £21million fine last October after failing to meet First and Second Class delivery targets during its previous financial year.

From next week, customers face a stamp price rise as First Class stamps will increase to £1.80 and Second Class to 91p from April 6. The cost of a First Class stamp in 2020 was 76p.

Royal Mail attributed the increases to mounting delivery costs as letter volumes declined while the number of addresses grew.

Its managing director of letters, Richard Travers, said of the price increase: “We always consider price changes very carefully, balancing affordability with the rising cost of delivering mail.

“On average, UK adults now spend just £6.50 each year on stamps and there are 70% fewer letters sent than 20 years ago,” he added. “In the meantime, the number of addresses we deliver to has increased by four million to 32 million addresses across the UK.”