The British Public Want To Be Able To Use Cash EVERYWHERE!

Nice article in the Daily Express.

The Post Office Ltd research findings includes a list of thirty examples of where/when the British public like to use cash.

That’s a long list.

It’s simpler to conclude that members of the British public frequently choose to use cash, when and where they are allowed to do so.

That’s explains why only 8% of people responded in LINK Scheme Ltd research recently that they lead entirely “cashless” lives.

In the same survey, 71% of adults made clear that they believe cash is vital for personal freedom.

71% of the British adults interviewed told YouGov in 2023 that they favour a law being passed to guarantee they are free to choose to use cash.

Over 70% of The Labour Party MPs interviewed in June 2025 told YouGov they believe a law should be passed giving the British public the right to use their cash, when and where they choose.

I think the picture is pretty clear and one that Rt Hon Rachel Reeves at HM Treasury will surely understand.

The HM Treasury idea of Digital Delight is to push up VAT returns by squeezing out cash as a payment method.

Sorry, ladies and gents at 1 Horseguards.

The 92% of the British public who continue to use cash are NOT going to accept having their freedom to do so sacrificed for the sake of a little “tax grab”.

So get cash into the National Payments Vision right NOW.

Moreover, with 51% of votes by the British public enough to remove the UK from the EU, it takes some explaining as to why 71% of the British public - and the MP’s they elected - cannot have their wishes respected in relation to cash.

Over to you, Keir Starmer!

Source: express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2093766/top-cashless-woes-parking-tipping