Submitted on Wednesday 30th March 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 5th April 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Require all retailers and businesses to accept cash for goods and services
As reported by The Telegraph, Britain is 'becoming a cashless society against the public’s will'. Many people will struggle in a completely cashless society so I ask this government to require all retailers and businesses to accept cash for goods and services to support these people.
With banks using Covid to accelerate branch closure programmes, in turn nudging retailers and restaurants to refuse cash, around 10 million people will struggle – the poorest use it to budget to prevent falling into debt, those in rural and remote communities struggle with poor broadband and mobile connectivity, for women in controlling and abusive relationships cash might be their only chance of escape and the elderly are at risk from becoming isolated in this digitised world.
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