Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Here's why the surcharge ban will fix nothing
The news of the day, politically, is that surcharges are gone, as the Government's just banned them.
You know what I'm talking about here, right? They're the little extra amount that you get pinged when you turn up at the dairy and you use your credit card, or you use your paywave - it's gone from May next year.
The big sell behind this is basically that it's to help you with the cost of living crisis.
Now, I hate to do this because I know you're thinking, "Oh, yay." And I'm totally gonna rain on that parade for you.
Don't get excited, this is gonna fix nothing. You are still gonna end up…
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