Stamp Price Going Up From 7 April 2026

Bluebell21
Bluebell21 Online Community Member Posts: 1,529 Pioneering
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The price of stamps is going up from the 7 April 2026.

2nd Class to 91p rise of 4p

1st Class to £1.80 rise of 10p

My postal service is dreadful we get post once a week and then a handful at once.

What service are we paying for?

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  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Online Community Member Posts: 1,529 Pioneering

    I do remember when we used to get two deliveries a day. @Chris75_

  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Online Community Member Posts: 1,366 Championing

    Thanks for the heads up, @Bluebell21

    It's ridiculous! They used to go up a penny or two once a year, now, by a lot more & at least twice a year. Might be more, I've lost count. Maybe they think they're an energy firm! And they wonder why letter numbers have fallen greatly. 🙄

  • SwiftFox
    SwiftFox Online Community Member Posts: 768 Championing

    Total rip off since it was privatised

  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Online Community Member Posts: 3,775 Championing

    Wow, I forgot there used to be two deliveries a day, seems very quaint now! I only get a delivery every 10 days or so with a load at once.

    Two years ago we had no deliveries for TWO months as a dog bit the postman, they allowed us to collect from a local small Morrisons. I could rarely go. On the positive side, at least I got no bills. Every cloud...

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,797 Championing

    It costs more to run the vehicles. It costs more to run the sorting offices. It costs more to pay the wages. Prices have to go up every year due to the way our society has been built.

    It's not really a rip off though, I doubt anyone could travel from Lands End to John o Groats to deliver a letter for less than a pound…in fact I doubt you could hand deliver a letter to the next town for less than a pound!

    I rarely get any letters in the post myself now. Much easier to get bills via email.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,560 Championing

    The trouble is prices go up and up, yet service standards have never been worse.

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Online Community Member Posts: 3,767 Championing

    It's disgusting

    I remember when 1st and 2nd were 15p and 10p

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