NEWTON Abbot MP, Martin Wrigley, has slammed the regulator Ofcom for ‘letting Royal Mail off the hook’ after they announced that they would allow the company to abandon second-class deliveries on a Saturday and cut them back throughout the week.

Mr Wrigley said that the decision would hurt people in Newton Abbot and surrounding areas who were already having to put up with unacceptable delays which makes going about their lives harder.

He has called on the regulator to think again and hold the service accountable for failing to deliver post on time.

He said ‘This decision will leave countless people in the lurch.

‘My inbox is full of people who are sick to the back teeth of delays to their post and now Ofcom is letting Royal Mail off the hook.

‘Local posties do a fantastic job even in the face of leadership that is failing them but instead of giving those at the top a free pass the regulator should step in and hold those that run it properly accountable.

‘This approach does nothing but make these delays seem acceptable and that everyone fed up with them should just grin and bear it.

‘That is not right and I will not stop fighting until this service is brought up to the standard that people here in Newton Abbot expect and deserve.’