Royal Mail - how long are the delays ?

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I'm currently waiting for a letter that posted 1st class 13 days ago - I'm guessing I'll be lucky to get it by the 2nd week in January.

I've heard horror stories of people still waiting for 48 hour delivery parcels sent in November.

What sort of delays are people seeing ?

 

[Loagi]

It certainly looks like the post is processing new mail rather than oldest first.

The DVLA did the same during covid - old stuff was stacked at the back and never got processed as there was always new cages of mail literally blocking access to the older mail.