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The amount of money withdrawn over the Post Office counter last month was the highest it had been in all of 2020, but cash usage continues to lag pre-coronavirus levels.
Around £641million was withdrawn by individuals in December, the most since £634million was withdrawn in March, while personal and business withdrawals totalled £664million, data from 11,500 Post Office branches shows.
Many now rely on the network for their money, with bank and building society branch closures in villages and towns across the country, along with dwindling numbers of cash machines making it the only viable option.
But despite bouncing back after the November lockdown withdrawal figures remained lower than those seen in the same month in 2019, with the amount taken out down 9 per cent.