Multiple reports, drawing on official figures, say Royal Mail does not meet its first-class delivery performance targets in the UK’s 124 postcode areas. The coverage states that a significant share of first-class letters are delivered late, with claims that about one-third of such letters miss the expected delivery window. The reports also link the performance issue to wider costs, noting that stamp prices have more than doubled since 2020. The articles describe the findings as a nationwide problem rather than one limited to specific towns or regions, pointing to consistent underperformance across postcode areas. While the outlets focus on late delivery rates and the increase in stamp costs, the underlying common element is the same: Royal Mail’s first-class delivery targets are not being achieved across all measured areas, according to the cited official data. The reports do not attribute the shortfall to a specific cause in the material provided, but they present the performance results and the pricing context as the main findings.