Are finders keepers? What to do when you find money in the street

Updated
Public borrowing down by £2.1BN
Public borrowing down by £2.1BN

When a bin-bag containing £100,000 was left on the doorstep of a former vicarage in York last year, the church, which still owned the property, handed it over to police.

But when an investigation found no evidence of where the money had come from, the church was told it could keep the cash: two and a half times its normal annual income. The money will go to support local community causes.

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