One of Rachel’s plans to realise her ever-receding hopes and dreams of growth, growth, growth is...
Tag archive for: Taxes
“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 -...
“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....