Cut-off date for paper £10 notes

The old £10 note must be spent by March next year after the Bank of England revealed the date for when it will cease to be legal tender.

A use-by date of March 1, 2018, has been slapped on £10 paper notes following the introduction of the plastic tenner on September 14.

However, old notes can still be spent ahead of the cut-off date, or exchanged at the bank once this point has passed.

The bank introduced the paper £10 note featuring naturalist Charles Darwin on November 7, 2000. Old pound coins can no longer be spent, but can be donated to charity or deposited into bank accounts.