{
  "id": 12647133,
  "title": "Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/royal-mail-to-cut-up-to-2-500-jobs-amid-restructure-and-fall-in",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T11:23:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/07/royal-mail-to-cut-jobs-restructure-fall-in-letter-deliveries"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Postal service says cuts will focus on head office and ‘support function roles’ Business live – latest updates Royal Mail is to cut up to 2,500 jobs as the embattled company seeks to restructure its business amid intense competition and the continuing decline in letter deliveries. The postal service, which has been fined a total of £37m since 2023 for missing delivery targets set by the regulator…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Business",
        "title": "Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/royal-mail-plans-to-cut-2-500-head-office-jobs",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:55:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "This Is Money",
        "title": "Royal Mail to cut 2,500 jobs as part of sweeping organisational overhaul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/royal-mail-to-cut-2-500-jobs-as-part-of-sweeping-organisational",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:57:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "City AM",
        "title": "Royal Mail to cut thousands of jobs in sweeping overhaul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/royal-mail-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-in-sweeping-overhaul",
        "published": "2026-10-07T14:17:24.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}