Martin Lewis has hit out at what he described as ‘very weird’ responses to a poll he put out on Twitter about how often people use cash. The Money Saving Expert founder asked ‘When did you last pay for something in cash?’ and the responses showed 48 per cent had in the last 48 hours.
However, he provoked some stinging responses with conspiracy theorists saying that he was helping a supposed government plot to get rid of cash. Broadcaster GB News launched a campaign to stop what it called the UK’s transformation into a “cashless society”, urging people to sign a petition and ask the government to introduce legislation to protect the status of cash as legal tender until at least 2050.
The campaign, argues that “strong vested interests” are pushing for cash to be replaced by electronic payments that “enable third parties to track you and your spending” is being investigated by media regulator Ofcom. Mr Lewis posted the poll - and didn’t reckon on the response.
