What’s this got to do with financial advice? Well, bear with me. I was a school governor for 15...
Tax
“Inheritance tax regime must move with the times”
In my experience, some worry too much about Inheritance Tax, others not enough. Most married...
“IFS calls for govt to scrap 25% tax-free lump sum”
’Scrapping’ the tax-free lump-sum would not be a simple as it sounds. Nothing in the wonderful...
“Over 1 million Brits to be dragged into higher tax bands by 2027”
So, yes, it will cost a lot to give all those strikers and others decent, or at least...
“Pension tax relief ‘cost’ hits £27bn”
The next Budget is a couple of months away. And it may actually be called a Budget this time;...
“‘Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals”
There’s been much talk of the extra ‘stealth’ tax-take likely to be included in next week’s...
“Chancellor scraps 45p income tax change in ‘embarrassing’ U-turn”
I wish this U-turn had been for the right, or for even vaguely altruistic reasons. For instance,...
“How grandparents are facing more restrictions than oligarchs”
I did say some years ago that it’s easier in this country to buy a football club than to pay...
“‘For richer or poorer? Advising cohabiting couples”
The reasons cohabitors give for not marrying is the cost of weddings and divorces, especially...
“Unmarried couples over 70 at risk of large IHT bills as cohabiting rises”
A younger generation not so bothered about being married, even with children, are now older; and...
“More than a fifth of top earning bankers have non-dom status says major new study”
#TaxtheRich pops up all over Twitter and the internet. Sounds easy, but actually no easier than...
“St Lucia joins cluster of Caribbean islands in investment citizenship ban on Russians”
If anything good could possibly come out of all this, it might be a move to control tax-dodging...
“Top Rabbi arrested amid probe into Roman Abramovich’s Portuguese citizenship”
What a fantastic, un-make-up-able headline; there has to be a film or TV series in it, don’t you...
“OBR warns of big fall in living standards”
The OBR, the Office of Budget Responsibility, is stuffed full of economists. The good news, if...
“Tax cuts fail to save lacklustre Spring Statement”
Maybe it’s all down to presentation, but no-one seems to have thought much of Rishi’s ‘moment to...