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Postal Services
On 1 October 2011, Ofcom officially took over regulation of the UK’s postal services from the previous regulator Postcomm. Ofcom is responsible for safeguarding the UK’s Universal Service Obligation on postal services. You can find all Ofcom publications on post as well as archived material from Postcomm in this section.
This section covers relevant documents on the transition of regulation from the previous postal services regulator Postcomm to Ofcom.
In this section
Review of Regulatory Conditions - Postal Regulation
Consultation published 13|12|11
Statement of Charging Principles: Postal Services
Consultation published 13|12|11
Consultation on extension to the USO deliveries exceptions Direction
Consultation published 16|11|11
Securing the Universal Postal Service
Consultation published 20|10|11
Postal regulation: Transition to the new regulatory framework - Update statement
Update statement published 03|10|11
Postal regulation: Transition to the new regulatory framework - Statement
Statement published 29|09|11
Postal regulation: Transition to the new regulatory framework
Consultation published 08|08|11
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Postcomm website
For reference, the previous postal regulator Postcomm website is archived here:
UK Government Web Archive
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