The Government is committed to improving access to financial services for all consumers and small businesses in the UK.<\/p>
99% of UK personal bank accounts and 95% of small business accounts can be accessed to withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK\u2019s network of over 11,600 post offices. It is the operational responsibility of the Post Office to meet its contractual obligations under the agreement it has with the banks to provide banking services.<\/p>
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<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Government is committed to providing universal banking access for all consumers and small businesses in the UK - 99% of UK personal bank customers and 95% of small business accounts can withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK\u2019s network of 11,600 post offices.<\/p> <\/p> I understand that the Post Office is working to increase public awareness of its banking services. There is a series of ongoing in-branch campaigns, a recent one seeing 7,000 post office branches advertising banking services nationwide. The Post Office is also working in conjunction with UK banks to launch a series of campaigning initiatives through the next year.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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