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We are seeing increasing numbers of local bank branches closing around the country and it seems the future of free ATMs now also hangs in the balance. Carers face being drawn into helping older people with basic access to physical cash if they are reluctant or unable to bank online, an uncomfortable situation for both parties.

Yet the Access to Cash review, published March 2019, concluded that we are "not ready" to go cashless and called for older or vulnerable consumers to be protected.

Which? is campaigning to protect free ATMs and our Director Hilary Cooper, continues to work to influence national policy on access to cash. Read Hilary's blog for the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.

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A new report published on people with caring responsibilities has said that "caring is rapidly becoming one of the biggest political challenges of the 21st century".

With so many informal carers also working, Professor Dame Carol Black of Cambridge University has urged employers to invest in the mental health and well-being of their staff, pointing to research showing the very high payback from such initiatives.

BBC Breakfast Time captured one woman's experience of how her employer's flexibility enabled her to carry on working around a demanding care schedule.

Read more on the challenges of combining work and caring in Walking the Tightrope.

Find out more here about the workshops we offer to employers to support staff combining work with a caring commitment.

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