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Matt Warman MP: As cashless transactions become the norm, Gov't must ensure most vulnerable are not left behind | PoliticsHome.com

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"Given the choice and an ideal world, I’d abolish cash tomorrow and have done away with cheques a decade ago. But in the absence of an ideal world, cash does remain a lifeline for many vulnerable groups… Government has a profound responsibility to those vulnerable groups to smooth that transition, and to find creative ways to hasten it so that nobody is left behind."

From "Matt Warman MP: As cashless transactions become the norm, Gov't must ensure most vulnerable are not left behind | PoliticsHome.com".

I completely agree with the Honourable Member for Boston & Skegness on this one and have long said that we must plan for cashlessness, not simply slide into cashlessness as Sweden has done.

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