“FCA increases adviser fees to £86.5m”

Apr 7, 2022 | Financial Services

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

OK, let me quickly recycle my article from previous years. The cost of regulation’s going up, we (and therefore you, our client) will be paying more for not very much, the same old scams continue and all that’s generated is more paperwork for us all. No need to check, we’ve all been saying the same things for donkeys’. Apparently, a big chunk this time will go towards their plan to regulate crypto-currencies. Not a hope, I’d say, as those involved are far too clever and the only ones who actually understand how bitcoins and the like actually work. But I doubt anyone will have heard my whistle on this very windy day…

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“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

Why did she/they (in the old sense) think that tinkering around with IHT and CGT would be enough to sort out the NHS; and the potholes; and…and the list goes on. My guess is  that they asked the Treasury for a list of anything not involving income tax that they could get away with lightly, although they should already have learned from the winter fuel stuff that all publicity is not good publicity.