Government to take on Royal Mail deficit

By 2008-12-17T12:00:00

[13:00 CET 17-12] UK – The government has agreed with recommendations from an independent panel that it should take responsibility for Royal Mail's historic pension liabilities, as its deficit is currently estimated at £5.9bn (€6.6bn) and is making the firm "balance sheet insolvent".

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