Lloyds Bank anti Cornish Language Policy Causes Uproar!

So that everyone is kept informed, Agan Tavas has found it necessary to make the following press release regarding Lloyds Bank

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Agan Tavas, a membership organisation which exists to promote the Cornish language, was astounded when their treasurer reported that the Redruth branch of Lloyds Bank were refusing to accept cheques written in Cornish. Staff members at the branch refused to budge on the issue even after it was explained to them that Cornish had been included under the Council of Europe Charter for Regional and Minority Languages since 2002 and the Cornish, as a people, were protected under the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities since 2014. The complaints department of the bank has confirmed the bank's policy even after having it explained to them that European protections apply. Perhaps they thought that these protections were nul an void since Britain is leaving the EU. Of course they are not because they are Council of Europe agreements which the British Government has signed.

It appears that other banks in Cornwall will accept cheques written in Cornish and Lloyds Bank has accepted them in the past. Some time ago Cornwall’s banks were provided with information to enable them to check the figures and the months and Lloyds Bank bank were offered this information again but it was refused. Secretary of Agan Tavas, Ray Chubb, said: “Companies like First Kernow and Kellys Ice Cream actively promote Cornish because they see economic advantage in doing so, at the same time it seems that Lloyds Bank is going backwards. The foundation of Lloyds Bank was the Welsh cattle droving trade and, apparently, cheques can be accepted in Welsh and Scottish Gaelic so why not another recognised British language? Their policy seemed to be a form of ‘Institutional Racism’ against the Cornish and their language“.

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