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Ron Delnevo, Chair of the Payment Choice Alliance, makes a call for ACTION
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There is no better time for you - a UK voter - to influence the future of cash in your country.
On the 4th of July 2024, hundreds of new Labour MPs were elected.
With over 400 MPs, the new Labour Government is in a position to deliver a Payment Choice Act for the British public. We - the supporters of Payment Choice - simply have to persuade them to do so!
As part of the effort to get the new Government to do the right thing - to pass a law giving the British public the right to use their cash, when and where they choose - the Payment Choice Alliance has taken a Stand at the TUC Congress in September.
Trade Unions sponsor a number of Labour MP’s, so many of Sir Keir Starmer’s Back Benchers will be at the TUC event.
The great news is that a survey carried out in June 2025 by YouGov, acting on behalf of the Payment Choice Alliance, found that over 70% of Labour MPs support legislation to oblige British businesses to accept the British publics cash.
If you have a Labour MP - and even if you have contacted that MP before about cash issues - please email them again.
EVERY EMAIL HELPS!
You may well know the name of your local MP.
Even if you don’t, you can find out their name and contact details by using this link. You could write a letter or send an email.
An email is obviously quicker and less expensive, but a letter can still be a powerful way of communication.
Below is a draft of an email or letter you could send - but your own words expressing YOUR feelings are better, so, of course, please change the draft as you choose!
PLEASE TAKE ACTION ON THIS NOW!
Kate Osborne, the influential Labour MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East, has confirmed she believes that all businesses should be legally obliged to accept cash! Please tell YOUR MP this in your email/letter!
Dear (MPs first name)
I hope you are well.
As my MP, I know you will be very interested in what matters to me.
I am writing to you (again) about my serious concerns in relation to cash acceptance in Britain.
More retailers and businesses than ever are now turning away customers like me, customers who continue to want to use cash.
Even businesses receiving subsidies from the Public Purse - including transport undertakings and theatre groups such as the Royal Shakespeare Company - are refusing to accept the British publics cash.
This is totally unacceptable, since it is against the wishes of the majority of the British public - including myself.
The wishes of the British public are very clear indeed.
A survey conducted by the LINK ATM Scheme in August 2024 - so since you were elected - found that 81% of British adults of all ages want to retain the option to use cash.
The LINK findings support those of a survey carried out by YouGov on behalf of the Payment Choice Alliance in 2023. That survey revealed that 71 % of British adults want a law passed, giving them the right to use their cash, - their £ - when and where they please.
In May 2025, NatWest bank confirmed that their research indicates that 19 million British adults use cash to help them budget. This demonstrates perfectly they cash is crucial to financial inclusion - and what is the point of having cash, if you can’t use it?
More recently still, in July 2025, 71% of British adults told researchers engaged by LINK ATM Scheme that they believe cash is vital for personal freedom.
The Payment Choice Alliance, an organisation that I support, tell me that recent research has revealed that over 70% of Labour MPs believe that all British businesses should be legally obliged to accept the British publics cash.
Please confirm that you are one of that large group of Labour MPs - which includes your respected colleague Kate Osborne, the MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East - and what you are going to do to help get the appropriate legislation passed.
Also, please confirm that, if you are attending the TUC Congress in Brighton in September 2025, you will visit the Payment Choice Alliance Stand to signify your support for this vital cause.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely
YOUR NAME AND FULL ADDRESS, INCLUDING POST CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
Please send your email or letter as soon as you can AND chase for a proper response if you do not receive one within 10 working days.
If you would like to copy the Alliance in on your email, that would be excellent!
Please copy to: ron.delnevo@paymentchoicealliance.org
You CAN make a difference to the future of cash - starting with telling your new MP exactly what you feel about Payment Choice TODAY.
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