Scrapping stamp duty could boost investment in UK stocks

Geopolitical tension seen as core threat to investments, and investors say scrapping stamp duty on UK shares would drive interest in UK stocks

Scrapping stamp duty could boost investment in UK stocks

Brits have called for the removal of stamp duty on UK shares in order to incentivise them to allocate capital into the London market.  Three quarters of investors said that the scrapping of stamp duty on UK shares and trusts would prompt them to take more interest and potentially invest more, according to the latest poll from investment platform Interactive Investor. This comes after  newly listed companies on the London index were granted a thr…