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Consultation opens on UK cold-calling ban

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Martin Cloake

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Government aims to simplify restrictions, extend scope and beef up enforcement in drive against unsolicited direct marketing.

The UK Treasury is consulting on how to introduce a ban on cold-calling that applies to all UK financial products and services.

The consultation comes against a background in which over half of all UK landline users reported receiving a suspicious call between August and November 2022, with 80% of£2.46 billion ($3.3

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