Rejected petition: Objection to the Bank of England removing UK historical people from UK currency
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The Bank of England's decision to replace historic UK people of achievement on bank notes is to lessen recognition of the UK's global historic contribution of democracy, academic, literary, scientific, medical achievements. HM Government is requested to intervene and instruct the BoE to cease.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Banknotes are the responsibility of the Bank of England, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.
You can find out how the Bank decides who/what will be on banknotes here:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/banknote-charactersWe only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.