Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments
We would like the Government to pass a law that requires the right to pay for goods and services with cash. This could include a legal framework that includes penalties for outlets that refuse cash payment and mandates the maintenance of local cash handling infrastructure by the banking sector.
Signatures
17,106
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
Debate threshold (100,000) · 17,106/100,000
- 15 MAY 2025Petition closedFinal total: 17,106 signatures
- 19 DEC 2024Government respondedHM TreasuryGovernment reply
It is for individual organisations to decide whether to accept cash as a form of payment. However, existing regulation protects access to cash and supports the ability of organisations to accept cash.
Read full response - 11 DEC 202410,000 signatures reachedEligible for a government response
- 15 NOV 2024Petition opened for signatures
Background
We believe this is an urgent matter of national security. It has been reported that both Sweden and Norway are reconsidering moving to a cashless society. We think the threat to a cashless society consists of total societal collapse arising from the collapse of digital payment networks or the underlying electrical power networks they depend on. We believe that both systems could be vulnerable to cyber attacks by aggressors and solar storms of Carrington event magnitude.