Rejected petition Legal tender should mean accepted tender Retailers & providers must accept cash

Cash is legal tender, yet shops refuse it—excluding millions and risking outages. We demand legislation: retailers must accept cash, not invent “Card‑Only Sterling.”

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Inclusion: Millions rely on cash—older citizens, rural areas, unbanked.
Resilience: Digital fails; cash doesn’t.
Freedom: Protects privacy, avoids fees.
Identity: Sterling notes and coins are national heritage.
Consistency: Legal tender must mean usable tender.
Satirical sting: Shops refusing cash invent “Card‑Only Sterling”—a farce unworthy of Britain

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We cannot accept this petition as there is already another petition on this topic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/735459

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Date submitted 28 November 2025
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