{"id":25,"date":"2013-08-15T16:20:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/event\/the-bow-group-presents-can-royal-mail-survive-privatisation\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T16:20:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T16:20:51","slug":"the-bow-group-presents-can-royal-mail-survive-privatisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-bow-group-presents-can-royal-mail-survive-privatisation\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BOW GROUP PRESENTS Can Royal Mail survive privatisation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margaret Thatcher famously said of Royal Mail that she was “not prepared to have the Queen’s head privatised”.<\/span>

Government proposals to privatise Royal Mail currently lay before Parliament. <\/span>

Following the Bow Group’s recent policy paper calling for amendments to the bill, we call a debate to ask:<\/span><\/p>\n

In the long term will the new owner be willing to provide the current level of services to rural communities? What impact will the sale have on the future of the Post Office branch network? Will the Queen’s head remain?<\/p>\n

Join us to discuss the future of Royal Mail.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 1st October at 7.15pm at the Conservervative Party Conference, Manchester<\/p>\n

Chair: 
Jackie Ashley, columnist and political journalist
Panel Speakers incude:
Mario Dunn, campaign director, Save Our Royal Mail
and
Ben Harris-Quinney, Chairman, Bow Group<\/p>\n

Further speakers TBC<\/p>\n

To RSVP, please email events@bowgroup.org<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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