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

Legal tender should mean accepted tender Retailers & providers must accept cash — 11 signatures. Status: rejected.

Petition background

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.”

Additional details

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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