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Lord Mayor of London attacks Reeves over ‘bizarre’ tax

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Investors pay a 0.5pc levy when buying shares in the UK .

This is forecast to raise 4.2bn for the public coffers in 2024-25 years .

Alastair King of the City of London Corporation urged the Chancellor to scrap or reduce the tax.

He said British investors pay more to invest in their own home-listed companies.