It's the third time the price of standard-letter size first-class stamps have been hiked within a year – they went up 16% last April (from 95p to £1.10) and then rose by a further 14% in October (to the current £1.25)

Standard second class stamp prices were frozen at 75p in October 2023, though they'd increased by 10% last April (from 68p). Royal Mail blames the latest hikes on increasing cost pressures, wage increases and the 'universal service obligation's' requirement for it to deliver letters to all UK addresses six days a week. It adds that the.

The price of standard-letter size first class stamps has risen three times in the past year

It's the third time the price of standard-letter size first-class stamps have been hiked within a year – they went up 16% last April (from 95p to £1.10) and then rose by a further 14% in October (to the current £1.25).