Don't Kill Cash: GB News campaign hits 100,000 signatures in incredible milestone
The GB News petition has hit 100,000
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The GB News Don't Kill Cash petition has now topped 100,000 signatures following its launch on Monday to help save the pound in your pocket.
The campaign is rapidly gaining momentum as the People's Channel continues fighting to protect vulnerable Britons who rely on cash and are being left behind.
Following the Covid pandemic, the rise of technology means many shops, cafes and pubs now only accept card payments.
However, more than five million adults still rely on cash in the UK and is used in six billion transactions every year.
Following the Covid pandemic, the rise of technology means many shops, cafes and pubs now only accept card payments
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The campaign has drawn in support from politicians including Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely who said he would speak to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Seely has backed the petition as he warns the number of cash machines across his constituency has dwindled.
He told GB News: “I actually met with one of the ATM companies a couple of weeks ago now to talk about about why they're now having to begin to charge on the Isle of Wight.
“I said ‘look, that's really bad’ and he said it's because we're not getting the appropriate rates off the banks.
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“Yet again, you have these big firms, in this case the banks, that are shutting down branches all over the Isle of Wight and all over Britain and who's taking up the flack? It's the ATM machines to get cash out sometimes.
“But they're now having to charge because the banks aren't giving them a fair cut. But also more importantly, it's the postmasters and postmistresses that are struggling, because they're having to do the bank's job.”
GB News' Economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan explained that people "are sick and tired that they can't use cash anymore".
He said: "It costs businesses money to handle cash and if we're losing a lot less cash then that means there's more so-called surveillance capitalism where the banks can follow your patterns of expenditure, internet companies can follow your patterns of expenditure and of course that data can be sold to third party companies who are interested in marketing."
More than five million adults still rely on cash in the UK and is used in six billion transactions every year
PAGB News' presenter Patrick Christys added that Britain is "witnessing right now that banks will close the accounts of people who go against the establishment agenda."
"I don’t want to live in a society where you’re one wrong word away from being bankrupt. And I dare say you don’t either," he said.
"But this campaign isn’t just about stopping the asphyxiating hand of totalitarian tyranny, it’s also about standing up for the rights of the marginalised."
We are calling on the Government to introduce legislation committing to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted means of payment in the UK until at least 2050.
You can help GB News in ensuring the Government and businesses Don't Kill Cash by signing our petition.
Have you found yourself impacted by the cashless society? Email in and let us know your stories gbviews@gbnews.com