It’s after having started the year in the bottom 5% of sorting offices nationally for on-time deliveries.

The last day for posting regular and tracked second class letters is Wednesday and first class is Friday.

Meanwhile, Royal Mail’s sale to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has been cleared by the Government in a deal worth £5.3 billion.

The move will see the 500-year-old postal service to pass into foreign ownership for the first time.

The Government will need to approve any key changes to ownership, headquarters location or tax residency as part of a ‘golden share’.