UK cash economy close to collapse, campaigners tell chancellor

Rishi Sunak urged to enshrine right to access cash in budget with 8m people at risk of exclusion

The new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is being urged to include measures to protect access to physical money as part of the March budget, as experts warn the UK's cash system has edged closer to collapse.

Authors of the Access to Cash Review are calling for extra safeguards to support the UK's cash infrastructure, which has come under severe strain in the 12 months since the original report was published last March.

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