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Royal Mail seeking to reduce English postal service operations by no longer delivering on Saturdays The Royal Mail has proposed a plan to significantly cut operating costs, and one of the proposed measures is no longer having post deliveries on Saturdays. The Royal Mail currently operates six days a week, from Monday to Saturday, and this is because of the universal service obligation from the Parliament. Postal service workers are represented by the Communications Workers Union, and the union has previously opposed the reduction in services, but earlier this week agreed that Royal Mail operations six days a week is too costly. The Royal Mail experienced a loss of one billion pounds last year, and the plan will attempt to reduce operating costs by 300 million pounds. The union stated that the proposed change would not stop all postal service operations on Saturday, as first-class mail would still be delivered. There is no maximum cap on the price of the postage for first-class mail, and increasing the price of first-class stamps would reduce items mailed on Saturdays, and if individuals still chose to send first-class mail on Saturday, the Royal Mail would increase revenue.