Royal Mail has postponed a significant alteration to its delivery service until 2026. The postal group has chosen not to eliminate second class letter deliveries on Saturdays across the UK until early next year.

Royal Mail's owners, International Distribution Services (IDS), have been conducting a pilot scheme across 35 delivery offices to revamp letter delivery services, which includes the decision to abolish second-class deliveries on Saturdays and modifying the service to every other weekday. The company was informed by regulator Ofcom that it could begin making changes to its services from the end of July.

However, during its half-year results today (November 12), executives stated that the new regulations would not be implemented further across the UK until early 2026. Martin Seide

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