Nils Pratley
@nilspratley.bsky.social
Nils Pratley is the Guardian's financial editor.
Quite. Government could start by abolishing, or cutting in half, stamp duty on shares, as I keep banging on about. www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
Time for Reeves to recognise reality: AstraZeneca has killed stamp duty on shares | Nils Pratley
Shareholder-backed plans to upgrade US listing have exposed multiple flaws in tax that should be abolished or at least cut
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January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Quite. Government could start by abolishing, or cutting in half, stamp duty on shares, as I keep banging on about. www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
From the Neso 2030 advice to gov last year: "pace must be the primary goal. However, this cannot come at the
expense of public consent or excessive cost as that would mean the clean power objective would
be self-defeating."
expense of public consent or excessive cost as that would mean the clean power objective would
be self-defeating."
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
From the Neso 2030 advice to gov last year: "pace must be the primary goal. However, this cannot come at the
expense of public consent or excessive cost as that would mean the clean power objective would
be self-defeating."
expense of public consent or excessive cost as that would mean the clean power objective would
be self-defeating."