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Cash machines 'discriminating against poor'

Campaigners agitating against the new cash machine system implemented by the major UK high street banks leading to charges have seemingly unearthed an even worse outrage.

"It would appear," intoned one ashen-face woman at a hastily-called press conference in downtown Retford, "that not only are poor people suffering from the pernicious charges being imposed by cash machines but that they have less money to take out in the first place. If that isn’t discrimination then what is?"

The crux of the matter seems to be that not only are poor people poor but they have less have money as well.

Although representatives from the major high street banks declined to comment to The Rockall Times on the record, we were able to obtain some off-the-record views — most of them being along the lines that it's just tough shit.

However, one man from the main bankers’ organisation pointed out that the very poorest will in fact benefit by the recent changes: "If they have no money at all to draw out then they won’t need to pay any charges to get anything out now will they?"

Previously

• UK banks make profits from customers, shock report concludes
• Banks issue Easter credit warning
• Man saves money to make purchase

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