{"id":18282,"date":"2025-04-17T14:24:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/?p=18282"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:50:05","slug":"a-letter-to-your-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/a-letter-to-your-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"A letter to your MP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18282\" class=\"elementor elementor-18282\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f11ceb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f11ceb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36a2800\" data-id=\"36a2800\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba384b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba384b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><i style=\"outline: none;\">Step 1:&nbsp; Enter your postcode to find your MP\u2019s name &amp; email address on&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/FindYourMP\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 1rem;\">this page<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none;\"><i style=\"outline: none;\">Step 2:&nbsp; Copy and paste the template below and amend the top and bottom bits in bold.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none;\"><i>************************************************************************************************************<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none;\">Subject: Please Support Parliamentary Scrutiny of Ofcom\u2019s Postal Service Proposals<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">Dear <b>[MP\u2019s Name]<\/b>,<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">I\u2019m writing as someone working in the UK\u2019s greeting card industry, which supports thousands of creative jobs, independent businesses, and high streets across the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">Ofcom has recently proposed major changes to the Universal Postal Service.&nbsp; Within this they reference:<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Cutting Second Class letter deliveries from six days a week to alternate weekdays (Monday to Friday),<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;The likelihood of further First Class postage prices, to deliberately reduce usage,<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Allowing Royal Mail to trial these changes before the consultation has even concluded, without enforcement action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">These changes risk disproportionately harming small businesses, rural communities, older people, and anyone who depends on reliable, affordable post. They also appear to bypass proper parliamentary scrutiny and may conflict with existing legislation which protects six-day deliveries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\"><br><\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">Organisations including Citizens Advice, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), and thousands of members of the public have already voiced serious concerns. Over 16,000 people have signed this petition calling for the Government to protect six-day-a-week deliveries and the affordability of postal services.<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\"><br><\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">I believe this deserves urgent attention in Parliament before any permanent changes are made.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\"><br><\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\"><b>Please will you raise this issue in the House and call for proper scrutiny of Ofcom\u2019s proposals?<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\"><br><\/div>\n<div>Thank you for your time and support.<\/div>\n<div>Yours sincerely,<\/div>\n<div style=\"outline: none;\">&nbsp;<b>[Your Full Name]<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>&nbsp;[Your Constituency \/ Postcode]<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>&nbsp;[Optional: Your role \u2013 e.g. thortful employee, creator, publisher, small business owner]<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step 1:&nbsp; Enter your postcode to find your MP\u2019s name &amp; email address on&nbsp;this page.&nbsp; Step 2:&nbsp; Copy and paste the template below and amend the top and bottom bits in bold. ************************************************************************************************************ Subject: Please Support Parliamentary Scrutiny of Ofcom\u2019s Postal Service Proposals Dear [MP\u2019s Name], &nbsp; I\u2019m writing as someone working in the UK\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/a-letter-to-your-mp\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[532],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - 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