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Royal Mail & Radiotherapy

Are peoples jobs under threat from rival postal companies? Why are cancer patients being denied a radiotherapy treatment which leading doctors say is cheaper and more effective?

Royal Mail says its traditional job of delivering letters and parcels six days a week to every address in the UK for the same price is under threat. We hear from frontline postmen who fear for their jobs and claim rival postal businesses have an unfair advantage. But business analysts say the Royal Mail needs to be more efficient. And why are cancer patients being denied a radiotherapy treatment which leading doctors say is cheaper and more effective?

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Sun 7 Dec 2014 11:00

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  • Sun 7 Dec 2014 11:00

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