Government departments since 2002 have used private postal and delivery firms for their mail needs and have payed out nearly £47M to them in the process.Even Lord Mandelson’s department has contracts with DHL and international couriers Lewis Day,along with the likes of HM Revenue & Customs,the Department for Work and Pensions and the Foreign Office who have multi million pound contracts with the likes of TNT and UK Mail.
Due to pricing regulations set by 'another' Government department,Royal Mail lose out because they are not allowed to under cut the private firms.
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