Tag: economic secretary to the Treasury Stephen Barclay

Act now, think later: Card surcharge ban is typical of myopic soundbite politics

Companies and service providers are no longer allowed to charge customers for using a credit or debit card. The new law came into effect last Saturday. The economic secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay, trumpeted: “rip-off charges have no place in a modern Britain and that’s why card charging in Britain is about to come […]