Anti-RDR petition collects 700 signatures in two days

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A petition set up on the Downing Street website in protest against the RDR received more than 500 signatures within a day of going live.

Set up by the newly-launched IFA Political Action Committee (IFAPAC), the petition is calling for the disbandment of the current FSA management. It went live on Tuesday, collecting 550 signatures by the end of the day, and has so far amassed almost 700 names. Asked if he was surprised at the level of support, IFAPAC founder Neil Liversidge says: "Not at all. "I established IFAPAC due to the level of industry feedback I received over the past two years. There is a broad, industry-wide consensus against the RDR." Among a raft of proposals, the RDR proposes increasing the minimum q...

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