Petition · past parliament
Require all retailers and businesses to accept cash for goods and services
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
As reported by The Telegraph, Britain is 'becoming a cashless society against the public’s will'. Many people will struggle in a completely cashless society so I ask this government to require all retailers and businesses to accept cash for goods and services to support these people.
With banks using Covid to accelerate branch closure programmes, in turn nudging retailers and restaurants to refuse cash, around 10 million people will struggle – the poorest use it to budget to prevent falling into debt, those in rural and remote communities struggle with poor broadband and mobile connectivity, for women in controlling and abusive relationships cash might be their only chance of escape and the elderly are at risk from becoming isolated in this digitised world.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Make it unlawful for shops to refuse cash payments.
Timeline
| 30 Mar 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Apr 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Apr 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.