内容摘要：It comes amid an investigation by Sussex Police into preventable deaths and injuries at the trust between 2015 and 2021.

It comes amid an investigation by Sussex Police into preventable deaths and injuries at the trust between 2015 and 2021.

"We believe that movement should be accessible to everyone, so following successful pilots in some UK cities over the last 18 months, we have decided to give passengers outside of London the option to pay for trips with cash," a spokesman said.Passengers can select cash as their payment option on the app. Drivers can opt out in preferences on their own app.

If they do not have enough change, that is given as a credit to the passenger by Uber.The cash option is being reviewed by authorities in London, and remains unavailable for Uber Eats or booking for other forms of transport via the Uber app.Cash campaigner Ron Delnevo from the Payment Choice Alliance said Uber's move "demonstrates that they now believe in the future of cash in the UK", and brought the company's operations in the UK in line with many other countries.

He called on the government to introduce a law that would force all shops and services to accept cash.Ministers have said there are no plans to introduce such rules.

However, the Treasury Committee's recent report did highlight various groups who relied on cash, including some people with learning disabilities and those who use cash to keep to a budget.

Among those reliant on cash, and who gave evidence to the committee, were victim-survivors of domestic and economic abuse."If we had people who went to prison who didn't get drugs and weren't intimidated by serious organised criminals, they'd be far more likely to engage with a sentence and get well enough so that when they leave they don't commit further crime."

The government has commissioned an independent sentencing review to explore alternatives to prison in an attempt to ease overcrowding. The review will provide long-term solutions for the justice system and examine the use and composition of non-custodial sentences, including community alternatives to prison and the use of fines. Increased tagging will also be considered.The total number of people fitted with an electronic monitoring device in England and Wales on 30 June 2024 was 20,893, an increase of 17% on the previous year.

There are three types of ankle tags currently used to monitor offenders: alcohol, GPS, and curfew tags. A new study suggests tags that monitor curfews cut reoffending by 20%."We want them to have a one-way ticket - not a return back into prison or back into non-custodial sentences," Lord Timpson says.