The government is showing no signs of changing its plans to levy inheritance tax (IHT) on pensions. Sometimes what creates the most noise...

There were no tax increases in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement (upgraded from an initial Spring Forecast), but that might just be pain...

The start of the new tax year warrants as much planning as the end of the old tax year.   While the end of the tax year on 5 April is a...

The government has confirmed that there will be no revisions to automatic enrolment in workplace pensions for 2025/26. For a government...

If anything happened to you tomorrow, how much does your partner know about your finances and how easy would it be for them to find out?...

2025’s first set of inflation numbers were higher than expected, but more rises are coming. Source: ONS The UK has experienced an...

The Chancellor has announced the timing of her next formal report to Parliament. Cast your mind back six Chancellors ago to Philip...

One of the nation’s largest investment managers has examined investors’ attitudes in the UK relative to other major developed G7 nations...

Inflation fell in 2024, dropping to 2.5% from 4.0% in 2023. So why didn’t it feel like that? At the end of 2022, inflation in the UK, as...

How to fund social care has once more moved into the political spotlight. It is the turn of the year. The health secretary of the...

The latest Budget move to count pensions as part of your estate for inheritance tax (IHT) is a major change, with potentially significant...

The Budget brought inheritance tax (IHT) into the news headlines, but its impact is not well understood.   Mark and Hannah have an estate...

As 2025 gets under way, it is once again the time of year to start considering your tax year-end planning. The early months of the year...

A recent survey has raised questions about retirement readiness. One of the world’s largest investment managers, BlackRock, recently...

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has been busy reducing its interest rates in recent months. NS&I has roots going back to 1861, when...

The global market outlook showed an improvement for 2024 with the US achieving more than 20% returns for a second consecutive year. A...

There are now over three million ‘lost’ pensions worth over £31 billion. We all lose things, be it the proverbial change down the back of...

A third deadline for topping up State Pension entitlement is now coming into view. “Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what...

Not every interest rate moves in the same direction Source: Bank of England, Investing.com If you are approaching the end of your...

New statistics show that cash ISAs remain a popular investment.   Every autumn HMRC publishes a set of annual savings statistics, setting...