if they already charged us they will over charge us again. especially during the olypics

My maths is not that good,but saving the Treasury 7-8 million per year will cost industry and local councils around £80m over two years.So 10yrs before the saving starts to pay for itself?

wiz-king, I was going to make a remark about wearing drainpipe trousers and pumps but I won't bother ;o}}

There's a fantastic example of how the Daily Mail likes to twist things in the paper yesterday.

Steel yourselves for the smaller new 5p and 10p that will save Treasury £8million a year rants the headline

Then you read the story - the coins are the same diameter, and the same weight, but 11% THICKER as steel is lighter than the cupro-nickel currently used.

Nowhere in the article does it explain just how this makes the coins smaller...

I wonder why they don't carry the "incapable of carry germs" element on to paper money where it is the more likely to happen?