Old £20 and £50 paper notes stopped being legal tender in the UK on 30 September 2022. This means you can’t use them in shops or as payment any more. However, there are still around 375 ...

Over the last year, about £600 million in old notes has been returned, including one million £5 notes, two million £10 notes, 11 million £20 notes and six million £50 notes. Paper £5 notes ...

About £6.6bn in old banknotes has not been cashed in across the UK, even though the paper £20 and £50 stopped being legal tender in October 2022. Paper banknotes have been replaced with plastic ...