A near neighbour is a Postman. He now comes home in the Royal Mail Van and
goes off to work in it the next day. He must have to go to the sorting
office to pick up the mail.

I am wondering what has changed - at one time employees could not have come
home in a Royal Mail Van. Is is a money saving initiative so that the Royal
Mail does not need to provide garaging space for some of their vehicles? I
don't thnk he uses it for any "social" use so the pnly benefit to hime is
presumably a free ride to and from work.