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Cash use rises amid bank closures and cost of living crisis, says Post Office

Britons finding it easier to manage budgets and monitor spending using notes and coins

The Guardian - UK

Post Office s handled record £3.45bn in August as cash makes a comeback during the cost-of-living crisis

As cost of living bites, people are turning to notes and coins to manage their budget on a week-by-week or even day-by-day basis

Wales Online

Record amount of cash handled by Post Office in August before September dip

Post Offices handled a record £3.45 billion in cash in August but the figure fell to £3.35 billion in September.

The Independent UK

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How and when prepay meter customers will get the energy rebate

Our guide to how everyone who pays for their energy using a PAYG meter will get the discount every month until next March

Chronicle Live

Further funding to right wrongs of Post Office IT scandal confirmed as £52m compensation pot extended

Historic Shortfall Scheme covers those who paid back to avoid prosecution when Horizon accounting system faults hit

Birmingham Post

Scots woman travels 9,000 miles to Antarctica to take job in world’s most remote post office

Mairi Hilton will live and work on Port Lockroy base on Goudier Island, taking up a role as a wildlife monitor, one of the most remote jobs in the world, spending five months without running water or a flushing toilet.

Daily Record

Warning for Irish people with British pounds as paper £20 and £50 notes have lost status as money

The old notes cannot be spent in shops or used in business transactions and will not even be accepted by most banks

Irish Mirror

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Wetherspoons pubs are in London’s soul — losing them would be awful

My first London address was a two-bed on the 13th-floor of Lillingston House, a white and grey tower on a social housing scheme tucked into the footfall of Arsenal’s ground. I’d moved from my native Manchester. You could see the Post Office tower from the living-room window, a glaring daily…

Evening Standard

Last day to spend paper bank notes - what to do with old £20 and £50 after today

The Bank of England’s paper £20 and £50 notes will not be valid to spend in shops or to pay businesses

Manchester Evening News

Can I still use my old bank notes as £20 and £50 paper bills no longer legal tender

Paper banknotes have been around for more than 300 years, but will cease to be legal tender after September 30

Daily Mirror

Consumers warned that September 30 is last day paper banknotes can be spent

The old £20 and £50 notes will not be legal tender come October

Wales Online

Is the Post Office open today and tomorrow? — and how will Royal Mail strike affect you?

Post Office workers have been striking regularly over the past six months. But it is actually industrial action from another group of workers that could impact postal services this weekend

Daily Mirror

Friday is the last day you can use paper £20 and £50 notes - what to do if you've got one

They cease to be legal tender on Saturday

Wales Online

Post Office workers staging 24-hour strike in row over pay

Dispute is on top of industrial action being taken by Royal Mail staff

Wales Online

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Liverpool Echo

Huge queues snake out of Post Office for 'two weeks straight'

Staff say the queues have been in place every day

Daily Mirror

King Charles III banknote revealed by end of year - but when will it start being used?

The Royal Mint confirmed the new banknote depicting King Charles III will be unveiled by the end of the year but it will not be used at the checkouts for several years

The Hindu

Now apply for Police Clearance Certificate at Post Office Passport Seva Kendras

The increased demand for PCCs is indicative that a large number of Indians are returning to their jobs abroad

Glasgow Live

What to do with Scottish paper £20 and £50 notes as expiry date looms

Scottish paper banknotes from Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, and Royal Bank of Scotland are being taken out of circulation and the deadline is just in a matter of days.

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Daily Mirror

Four-day warning over £20 and £50 notes - as Post Office braces for huge queues

Post Office staff are prepared for high numbers of customers with the Bank of England warning there is still £14bn worth of paper £20 and £50 notes still in circulation

The Independent UK

Post Office braces for rush to change old banknotes before deadline this week

Friday is last day that paper £20 and £50 banknotes have legal tender

Nottingham Post

Bank of England warning as shoppers have just days left to use paper notes

The final countdown is on

Daily Record

Post Office expects surge in paper banknote deposits this week before they are no longer legal to use

Paper £20 and £50 notes will stop being legal tender after September 30.

The Guardian - UK

Post Office prepares for deposit rush of paper £20 and £50 notes before deadline

Friday is last day Bank of England’s old-style notes will be legal tender, having been replaced by polymer versions

Wales Online

Post Office prepared for rush of customers depositing paper £20 and £50 banknotes

Last minute dash to pay in old notes before they are banned in shops or to pay businesses

The Independent UK

Bank closures ‘increase demand for cash deposit services at Post Offices’

The research also found bank closures did not result in people switching to digital payments and banking services.

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