Gordon Brown is reportedly trying to persuade top City figures to speak out in support of his plan for a new international tax on banking.
Although the so-called Tobin tax has been furiously opposed by lobbyists, and criticized by the US, Canada and Russia, the prime minister is convinced that there are a significant number of senior bankers who could support it.
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