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City needs to make a stronger case for scrapping duty on share trades

Lobby groups must do more than cite old studies if they really want the tax to be cut

Hardly a day goes by without another pundit arguing that scrapping the tax is a must for the future of the City
Hardly a day goes by without another pundit arguing that scrapping the tax is a must for the future of the City Photo: Getty Images

David Wighton is a columnist at Financial News

Experts (and politicians) have identified so many potential causes of the UK stock market’s current malaise that it would seem unnecessary to add another to the list.

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