Royal Mail plans to cut another 1,200 jobs

Royal Mail wants to axe another 1,200 jobs says Unite.

The cull of middle managers is to help top brass - including departing chief executive Adam Crozier - hit targets which will trigger huge bonuses.

Paul Reuter, Unite national officer, wrote to Crozier demanding a meeting to discuss the cuts which unions fear will shut offices in cities including Birmingham, Bristol Manchester and Liverpool. He said: "Royal Mail has a hidden agenda to strip out jobs regardless...to ensure top managers have bigger bonuses."