Save Our Cheque Petitions Arrive at Downing Street

Last week (March 25th), Southport’s MP, Dr. John Pugh, handed over 5000 petitions to the Prime Minister supporting the ‘Save Our Cheque’ campaign.

Amongst this incredible number of petitions was a significant number that came from the Crosby Area. As the Crosby Area Co-ordinator since the New Year, I would like to take this opportunity to offer a heartfelt thank-you all those residents who penned their support to what has been a very engaging campaign.

This is by no means the end, however. Without proper government legislation the high street banks are still free to abolish the cheque; a service that has proved to have large amount of support among the public still. Many petitions were returned to myself with an additional letter from signatories outlining how important the cheque service is to them. The first steps have been taken to amend this, by telling the Government that it needs to act to ensure that a real alternative is set in place before the cheque is abolished in 2016. With this in mind, petitions continue to be distributed across the Crosby Area and those returned will still make their way to the doorstep of Number 10 Downing Street.

To obtain a petition online, please visit the ‘Save Our Cheque’ section online at: www.manorfocus.blogspot.com.

James Ludley
Crosby Area “Save Our Cheque” Co-ordinator.