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Price of first-class stamp to rise to £1.70

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74% Informative

Price of first -class stamp to rise by 5p to 1.70 on 7 April , Royal Mail has announced.

It will also raise the price of a second class stamp by 2p to 87p on the same day .

Citizens Advice described the change as "yet another blow to consumers" Royal Mail said it was the result of delivering fewer letters to more addresses.

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English

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