A t least 17 councils no longer accept coins and notes in town halls, it can be revealed, as the UK is quietly becoming a cashless society.
A Daily Telegraph investigation into the decline of cash has found local authorities, football stadiums, national bus service providers and shops are all phasing out coins and notes.
It suggests the digital payment revolution is now in full force, prompting warnings from experts that millions of elderly and disabled people who rely on cash are now at risk of being excluded from society.
However the full extent of the UK's cashless transformation is not known as the Government is not tracking the number of businesses and public services which either refuse...