Insist VAT is scrapped for those who favour established inhabitants (9)

I believe the answer is:

nativists

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'insist vat is scrapped for those who favour established inhabitants' is the definition.
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'insist vat is scrapped' is the wordplay.
'is scrapped' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'being scrapped' mean this).
'insist'+'vat'='insistvat'
'insistvat' is an anagram of 'NATIVISTS'.

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