Government to Hold Talks On Giving UK Post Office to Workers
- Business minster to discuss matter with unions next week
- Mutualization likely to take years and require investment
An employee sorts through post at a sorting office in Chelmsford, UK.
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The government will meet Post Office workers to discuss handing them ownership of the network in a bid to move on from its historic scandals and to set out a firmer footing for the future.
Kevin Hollinrake, the business minister, will meet union representatives and figures from Britain’s co-operative movement on Wednesday, to consider shifting the Post Office from government ownership to control by the service’s branch managers, known as sub-postmasters, who run its 11,500 outlets, several people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The topic will be one of several issues on the agenda, they added.