Starmer urges minister to meet Royal Mail over postal vote delay fears

Starmer urges minister to meet Royal Mail over postal vote delay fears

Labour leader says Post Office minister should urgently ‘get on with the job’ of sorting out problem

Keir Starmer has called on a government minister to meet the postal service over concerns that hundreds of people could miss out on casting their vote on polling day after their ballots failed to arrive.

The Labour leader said the Post Office minister, Kevin Hollinrake, should “get on with the job” of sorting out the problem that is believed to have hit Scotland, where the school holidays have already started, particularly badly.

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