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title: "Reeves to unveil stamp duty holiday to revive London IPO market"
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published: "2025-11-25T14:29:06+00:00"
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# Reeves to unveil stamp duty holiday to revive London IPO market

**Published:** November 25, 2025
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** Blogs, Financial, Technology, Technology, Media & Telecoms
**Tags:** Bloomberg, Initial Public Offerings, IPOs, London, London Stock Exchange, Rachel Reeves, UK
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Rachel Reeves will announce a **three-year stamp duty holiday for newly listed companies** in her Budget, in a bid to reignite London’s struggling stock market and lure more firms to float in the UK.

Under the proposed plan, investors will **no longer pay stamp duty on shares bought in newly listed companies**, removing the current **0.5pc tax** on transactions and making London a more attractive venue for initial public offerings.

According to Bloomberg, the Chancellor will position the move as a key measure to reverse the steady decline in UK IPO activity. Britain, once a top-five global destination for stock market listings, has now slipped **out of the top 20**, highlighting growing concerns over the City’s competitiveness.

So far this year, just **£184m has been raised through IPOs** on the London Stock Exchange in the first nine months — a stark contrast to historic norms and rival financial centres.

Ms Reeves created a specialist task force in July to find ways to stem the exodus of companies choosing to list overseas, and the stamp duty holiday is expected to form a central pillar of that strategy.

The announcement signals a clear attempt to revitalise London’s equity markets and restore its status as a global hub for public listings.

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