It’s (still) all a bit of a mess, isn’t it. Political Dark Lord shenanigans, inflation up due to...
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“Nationwide’s 6x income lending drives 53% rise in first-time buyer uptake”
Lessons of history, short corporate and government memories, yes, all of that. The GFC (Global...
“Govt to shake-up home buying process to cut costs and time”
A shake-up? Opinion is divided as many, including me, remember when, 20 years or so ago ‘Home...
“Rise of ‘stopover tenants’ leaving landlords at risk”
The first thought of many when they inherit is to buy a second property. “That can be my pension,...
“Investors are ‘sleepwalking’ into a dividend tax shock”
The amount you can receive in dividends before being liable for extra tax has been slashed to £500...
“Number of pensioners paying higher income tax doubles”
OK, in percentage terms we’re still not talking big numbers. Five years ago, around 7% of...
“Number of people paying dividend tax doubles in three years”
That more are having to pay tax on share dividend income should be no surprise. The allowance, the...
“Financial wellbeing: Does more money make us more happy?”
Well, a rather more existential than the norm question for a financial services trade mag. Does...
“Should the advice industry move away from an ‘anti-tax’ culture?”
Do we, then, concentrate too much on helping our clients to reduce their tax liabilities? Often,...
“Overtaxed savers reclaim £1.3bn on pension withdrawals since 2015”
This is an issue well-known to many of our clients. If you do want or have to dip into your...
“Nearly 9mn pensioners paying income tax as frozen thresholds bite”
Were one to be at all cynical, one might say that a Conservative government proposing to stop...
“Does it Still Pay to Be a Landlord in the UK?”
‘Should I buy-to-let?’ has been an oft-asked question in recent years, but not, it’s true, in...
“Tax simplification policies needed from next govt”
One of the Truss Financial Event measures which has yet to be reversed is Kwasi’s abolition of the...
“High net worth voters back Labour despite private school tax”
Keir has mentioned on every possible occasion that his dad was a toolmaker, so let me do my bit: I...
“The secret behind the world’s happiest country”
Finland has been voted the world’s happiest country by its citizens for the fourth successive...