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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Government response threshold (10,000) · 11/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 11/100,000
- 12 JAN 2026Petition rejectedduplicate
We cannot accept this petition as there is already another petition on this topic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/735459
- 28 NOV 2025Petition created
Background
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