OK, so perhaps it was more of a ’Statement’ than a Budget, and cynicism that it would be a wolf in...
Tag archive for: Budget
“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...
“‘This time it feels different’: What could happen to pensions in the Budget?”
Speculation is still rife about potential Budget tweaks and/or big changes to pensions. The...
“Budget rumblings: Is Labour really going to axe pensions tax relief?”
‘What will happen in The Budget?’ (never sure whether to capitalise, answers on a postcard,...
“Starmer warns Labour’s first budget will be ‘painful’”
‘Like a family solicitor sitting you down to tell you that, sorry, I know you thought you could...
“We’ll have to increase taxes, says Reeves”
You heard it here last, and you’ve already heard plenty of it here already in recent weeks, alas....
“When will Labour’s first Budget be – and when will tax changes come into effect?”
‘Should we be panicking? What taxes will go up and when, because Labour always put up taxes, don’t...
“Budget 2024: £105m for 15 special free schools, and nothing else”
There were a hundred or more different headlines I could have pinched, but I thought this one...
“National insurance cut raises questions over state pension funding”
In an election year, all parties will try to be all things to all men. Mostly, it’s only stuff...