Royal Mail delays second-class post overhaul until January amid Christmas pressure
Prime minister warns of 'further measures' as service standards continue to miss targets
Royal Mail has paused the final stage of its second-class delivery shake-up until the new year, deferring the extension of alternate-weekday deliveries to 107 remaining hubs until 11 January, following pressure from the postal workers' union and a warning from Prime Minister Andy Burnham over repeated service failures.