MULTI-MILLION pound losses at Royal Mail could mean one in four postal jobs cut in Oxfordshire, union officials claim.

The organisation announced on Tuesday it had faced a £120m loss in its letters and parcels business.

The number of letters being sent every day has fallen by 20 per cent, from 80 million five years ago to 62 million last year.

Paul Garraway, area delivery representative for the Communication Workers’ Union in Oxfordshire, said: “Of course we are worried.They are talking about one in four job losses, which will have an impact on the service in Oxfordshire.

“Who will deliver the mail?”

Nationally, 12 mail centres have closed and a further 16 are set to shut in the coming months. That includes Carterton Delivery Office, in Wycombe Way. Its 35 staff members will move to the office in Witney.

And in June 2009, the Oxford Mail Centre in Cowley closed as operations moved to Swindon. A series of ensuing strikes caused massive disruption to postal services.

The Postal Service Bill, to privatise the company, has been passed, but privatisation is not expected before next year.

Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene said: “With the decline in volumes, we are going to be a smaller company in the future.”

The organisation would not comment on job losses.