Liberal Democrat MPs, Lorely Burt, Mark Hunter and David Ward are leading a campaign to prevent the phasing out of cheques.
Last year alone there were over one billion cheque transactions which shows just how widely used this form of payment still is.
Ahead of delivering a ‘save the cheque’ petition to No 10 today, Lorely Burt said:
“Our petition has received support from thousands of people from all across the country…. Today we’re calling on the Government to acknowledge that banks have a social responsibility to serve and protect their customers and that retaining cheques would mean little or nothing to banks but a great deal to millions of their customers who still rely on them.”
Let me know what you think. Can you manage without cheques? Do you think banks should be required to keep cheques?
A link to the e-petition, which was created by Mark Hunter, MP for Cheadle, can be found below:
http://www.markhunter.org.uk/en/article/2009/435901/save-the-cheque-e-petition-sign-now
