A MAN bidding to become Rossendale's new MP has hit out at late Royal Mail deliveries across the Valley.
Tory Prospective Parliamentary candidate Nigel Adams, who will contest the seat held by Labour's Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson at the next election, said he is alarmed at new figures published by Royal Mail on its performance in delivering letters.
The performance results show that in the three months from April to June, 2004, in the Rossendale OL postcode area, 11.6 per cent of first-class letters sent within the area failed to be delivered on time.
He said: "I am disappointed by these figures, which confirm local residents' and firms' suspicions that a lot of first class mail is not arriving the next day.
"The Post Office is owned by the Government and Whitehall sets the performance targets, hence, the Government cannot escape its ultimate responsibility for the state of the Royal Mail network."
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