Keep Cash Alive

New Prime Minister, same demand: #KeepCashAlive!

As the cost of living crisis rages on, and this summer's heatwaves threaten to overwhelm the electricity grid and digital payment system, the case for keeping cash has never been clearer. Sign and share to call on Andy Burnham's new government to mandate cash acceptance in the UK!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/23/heatwave-risks-triggering-blackouts/

"Heatwave risks triggering blackouts, warns grid operator" - without electricity our digital payments system can't work - but cash still does.
From heatwaves to cyber attacks: the case for keeping cash is clear.
Check-out our blog from last year (https://positivemoney.org/uk/update/from-pitch-black-to-cyber-attack-the-case-for-keeping-cash/) and share this petition to help make the case to #KeepCashAlive!

News source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/23/heatwave-risks-triggering-blackouts-warns-grid-operator/

"It won’t matter which animals appear on Britain’s banknotes if shops refuse to accept cash" - check-out our co-executive director Sara Hall's op-ed in LBC, following news that the Bank of England are running a public vote on which animals should appear on our future banknotes, these efforts will be in vain if the government doesn't safeguard our ability to spend cash in shops in the firstplace!
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/animals-banknotes-cash-money-opinion-5Hjdb5n_2/

Millions of us still use cash - and we should all have the right to. We took to the streets of London to ask people their thoughts on cash, and what impact a move to a cashless society would have on them.

Check out our latest video today! 👇

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