Little to excite at Finance Bill press conference

WEDNESDAY'S otherwise mundane Finance Bill press conference was livened up with the mere mention of interest bearing Government…

WEDNESDAY'S otherwise mundane Finance Bill press conference was livened up with the mere mention of interest bearing Government securities. There was a noticeable change in the temperature when Finance mandarin, Michael Tutty's dulcet tones awakened quite a number of yawning hacks with a mention of "strippers" and "stripping". But the slumber resumed when it became clear that all Tutty had in mind was a certain way of trading in Government bonds.

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