Royal Mail has blamed delays to postal votes on Rishi Sunak’s decision to call a snap election.
The courier called for a “review into the timetable for future elections”, to make sure that the postal voting system “works as smoothly as possible”.
It comes as Mr Sunak said it was “right” that Royal Mail is investigating concerns around delayed deliveries.
The Telegraph revealed on Monday that voters in more than 90 constituencies, including those of Cabinet ministers, have raised concerns about their ballots failing to arrive.
Kevin Hollinrake, the postal affairs minister, criticised Royal Mail for not recruiting “the right number of people” to deliver postal votes to those who have applied for them.
However, one source at the postal service told The Telegraph on Tuesday that Mr Sunak’s decision to call the snap election had increased pressure on the supply chain for producing and delivering postal ballots.