New legislation banning ATM charges is being brought forward at Westminster in a bid stop Britons from "sleepwalking" into a situation where they have to pay to access their own cash.
Scottish Labour MP Ged Killen is introducing a Ten Minute Rule Bill that would outlaw cash machine charges, already with support from MPs in the Conservatives, Labour and the SNP.
If passed, it would introduce a legal requirement for free access cash - either through ATMs or by other means - where there is a demand for it.
This would be established via a review of the ATM network by the Payment Systems Regulator.
The bill is being brought in amid concerns that changes to funding formula for ATMs could result in the loss of thousands of free-to-use cashpoints across the UK.
Mr Killen, the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, said similar changes in America meant there was now an average charge of almost five US dollars for taking out cash.
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