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“Interest rate rises to 4.25% after jump in inflation”
I think most civilised teachers and parents know that corporal punishment doesn’t work and just...
“Ministers delay plan to lift UK state pension age to 68 as life expectancy falls”
The good news, the state pension age looks like it won’t rise again; or not for a while at least....
“Lower pricing leads to surge in home demand, says Home.co.uk’s Asking Price Index”
I suppose you could call this classic free-market behaviour; although it’s outside influences, in...
“DWP backs ‘landmark’ expansion of auto-enrolment”
There’s been a lot going on, and this little piece of legislation may well have crept below your...
“What’s wrong with the banks”
And of course, as the week went on, it turned out there was more banking stuff to worry about. A...
“Labour to reverse ‘tax cut for the rich’ pension reform if it wins the next election”
Only around 10% of our clients were lucky enough to have, or be likely to have, pensions which...
“Jeremy Hunt waves through biggest tax burden since war in spring budget 2023”
It may have seemed a Bland Budget, but that’s because Hunt got all the nasties out of the way in...
“HSBC buys SVB UK as regulators back US deposits”
The failure of an American bank no one much has heard of might not sound like a big deal. Let’s...
“What Recession? Some Economists See Chances of a Growth Rebound.”
Every fund manager update I’ve read in the past couple of weeks has asked, or tried to predict,...
“Rough sleeping has risen by 26% in a year amid the cost of living crisis”
Whenever I go to London as I did this week, I’m always upset to see how many are (still, in the...
“Annual house price growth turns negative in February, Nationwide”
Negative growth. What a great and typical piece of economists’ jargon. I think they mean house...
“England’s poorer pupils face ‘geographic exclusion’ from top state schools – study”
What’s this got to do with financial advice? Well, bear with me. I was a school governor for 15...
“Inheritance tax regime must move with the times”
In my experience, some worry too much about Inheritance Tax, others not enough. Most married...
“Advice firms show limited appetite for four-day working week”
I would say that our profession is ideally suited to flexible working. Our business in particular,...
“Think tank calls for limit on pension freedoms to fix workforce issues”
Is it really the fact that they can access their pensions at 55 which is leading so many to stop...