LABOUR MP Lucy Powell has voiced her support for GB News’ Don’t Kill Cash campaign, which has been backed by over 166,000 people so far.
She told GB News: “We do need to protect cash, I think it’s an important issue to highlight. I’m the [Shadow] Digital Secretary as well and we are moving very quickly into this digital age, things are changing very quickly.
“Whether that’s becoming cashless and everybody paying for things electronically, or whether that’s people wanting more human interaction when it comes to dealing with problems and services and utilities, and public services and so on – you don’t always want everything to be digital, but there are great opportunities with that for more efficiencies and productivity and better services.”
In a discussion during Breakfast with Stephen Dixon and Anne Diamond, she continued: “We can’t lose sight of the fact that we do need these authentic and real interactions as well and cash is one of them.
“And, of course, for small businesses, sometimes they paid fewer charges when they were using cash as well.”
Ms Powell joins figures such as RMT union leader Mick Lynch in backing the GB News Don’t Kill Cash campaign, with 166,000 people so far signing a petition to save our currency.
More than five million adults, often including those most vulnerable in our society, still rely on cash in the UK.
GB News is 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.
