There were months of rumours before the final (who knew?) Rachel Budget last year. The problem was...
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“Reeves likely to extend stealth tax raid in the next Budget, informs deVere”
It’s (still) all a bit of a mess, isn’t it. Political Dark Lord shenanigans, inflation up due to...
“Reeves hails ‘golden age’ for City as regulations relax”
One of Rachel’s plans to realise her ever-receding hopes and dreams of growth, growth, growth is...
“Budget 2025: ‘Crucial’ salary sacrifice to pensions limited to £2,000”
After all the panic and hoo-hah, the only pension-tiddling was this already-trailed hit on ‘salary...
“Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped from next year”
After all the negative Budget stuff, here’s a positive - for me, anyway, although not surprisingly...
“Will the Autumn Budget be a nightmare before Christmas?”
It’s almost not worth adding any more to the melange of rumour, speculation and u-turns before...
“Rachel Reeves confirms she no longer stands by pledge not to raise taxes”
With so much bad stuff happening in so many places, talking about ‘an atmosphere of fear’ over tax...
“Spring statement 2025”
OK, so perhaps it was more of a ’Statement’ than a Budget, and cynicism that it would be a wolf in...
“How to get rich in 2025”
Who wants to be a millionaire? Well, if you’re one of the 35% of the UK population renting...
“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...
“Clients decide against returning tax-free cash after Budget panic”
Although our advice at the time was ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’, some clients did...
“Personal Finance Inheritance Tax Blow for Pension Savers in Autumn Budget”
This is the biggie for financial advisers, and unexpected for most, as other pension-tinkerings -...
“Autumn Budget: Capital Gains Tax Changes Dominate”
It could have been worse. Apparently there was a plan to really change CGT, probably to align it...
“Chancellor says Stamp Duty hike on buy-to-let ‘justified’”
My Budget comments, you’ll see, focus on the ‘micro’ rather than the ‘macro’, the parts that will...
“Labour turns to ‘kitchen sinking’ ahead of Budget as it faces ‘Herculean task’ to revive growth”
‘Kitchen Sinking?’ Me neither, I had to google it, as my first (old cinephile) thought was of one...