Rejected petition Petition against the closure of Barclays Bank in Sandy

We the undersigned, traders and residents of Sandy, Bedfordshire urge Barclays Bank to reconsider their decision to close the Sandy branch in February 2018.

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We expect Barclays to consider the impact the closure will have on the town leaving it without a bank and their social responsibility towards the community, individuals and businesses who would find it incredibly difficult to conduct their affairs via a post office, on line or by travelling to other branches of Barclays.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

The decision to close branches is a commercial and operational decision for a bank, and not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

You may be interested to know that the House of Commons debated the general issue of bank branch closures in June 2016. You can read the debate here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-06-30/debates/A32A8165-29DE-4FE1-A93F-E88310B81E5C/BankBranchClosures

You can find out more about the recent announcements about branch closures and the banking industry's response in this House of Commons Library briefing paper:

https://researchbriefings.intranet.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN00385

You could start a new petition asking the House of Commons to debate the issue of local bank branch closures again, if that's what you want to happen.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 20 December 2017
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