Rejected petition Entitle any British Citizens regardless of domicile to hold a UK account

Force UK banks to provide sterling accounts for any one domiciled outside the UK and who has an income paid by a UK based entity.

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The out of the blue cancelling of UK accounts by banks should not be allowed. The government needs to ensure that current holders of sterling accounts in the UK are placed in the situation where they cannot receive their income especially pensions in the sterling area especiall the UK.

Every British citizen should have the legal right to receive money and pay out money from their own sterling account in the UK.

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. This is a decision for individual banks.

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Date submitted 4 October 2020
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