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

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

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.”

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

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We cannot accept this petition as there is already another petition on this topic: Ban business from not accepting cash payments

Timeline

28 Nov 2025	Petition opened for signatures
12 Jan 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Jan 2026

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