Industry calls for next government to scrap stamp duty on UK shares and simplify ISA regime

ii and Chelsea Financial Services

Eve Maddock-Jones
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Chelsea Financial Services and interactive investor have made separate pleas to the next government to scrap stamp duty on UK shares in a bid to level the playing field between domestic and international stocks.

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