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David Davis-backed Brexit plan calls for big Mifid II changes

Alternative proposals want dark pool caps and research unbundling scrapped

Conservative MP David Davis attends the final 'We Want Our Country Back' public meeting of the EU Referendum campaign on June 20, 2016
Conservative MP David Davis attends the final 'We Want Our Country Back' public meeting of the EU Referendum campaign on June 20, 2016 Photo: Getty Images

An alternative plan for Brexit backed by eurosceptic MPs David Davis and Boris Johnson has called for the UK to scrap key tenets of Europe's financial rulebook — including groundbreaking regulations on paying for investment research.

In a report published on Monday entitled Plan A+: Creating a prosperous post-Brexit UK, think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs outlined its preferred framework for a future trade deal between the UK and European Union.

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