Royal Mail: Communication Workers Union
(asked on 18th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help ensure the new owners of Royal Mail honour agreements made with the Communication Workers Union and his Department.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Secretary of State met Dave Ward, General Secretary of the CWU, and Daniel Křetínský, the owner of EP Group, on 16 February and again on 19 March 2026, to understand the progress on continued discussions on the CWU Agreement.
The undertakings agreed between the Secretary of State and EP Group include provisions that require an independently assessed review of EP Group’s compliance with the Deed of Undertaking.