Great news for the supporters of our Save Our Cheque campaign in Old Headington!
We are delighted to tell you that on Thursday of last week the Treasury’s Select Committee agreed to re-open its enquiry on the future of cheques as a result of public concern, and you can find news of this at:
new-inquiry-the-future-of-cheques
This news was also covered in this week’s Moneybox programme on Radio 4 this week which you can hear at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/moneybox#playepisode1
This is great news for many people who choose to pay by cheque:
- they may be housebound or have mobility problems
- older people prefer to use this method rather than cash to settle bills with tradesmen e.g. plumbers (because of the security risk of having large amounts of cash in the home)
- they may be partially sighted and need more time to make payments
- they may have less motor control which makes card payment by PDQ machine difficult
- charities rely on cheques from their individual donor base
- small businesses and charities often send multi-signatory cheque payments with orders
- many people still worry about the risks of fraud if they change to internet banking
It’s great to see that our lobbying has paid off!
Ruth has now withdrawn her motion on behalf of Headington residents to Monday’s Full Council meeting which called on the Council to lobby our MPs for this review