Submitted on Friday 1st August 2025
Rejected on Tuesday 26th August 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Prevent the eventual evolution into a cashless society.
Legislation needs to be passed to oppose the discriminatory practice of refusing cash payments. Parliament needs to protect the rights of its citizens to use cash to purchase goods and services.
Cashless societies and businesses are in nature discriminatory, certain demographics within the United Kingdom are inclined to use cash. Elderly populations use cash with approximately 1 in 5 relying on cash transactions. Homeless populations are excluded from buying necessities with cash provided to them by samaritans, the very idea of refusing a citizen access to water or food because their payment method does not align with contactless or card payments is abhorrent. It must be abolished.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Ban business from not accepting cash payments
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/735459
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