There were a hundred or more different headlines I could have pinched, but I thought this one...
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“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...
“Who will benefit from the chancellor’s NI cuts?”
I doubt this will come up in many pub quizzes, but the answer is employees, and the self-employed...
“DB transfer values fall to near record lows”
Many £billions have been transferred from ‘defined benefit’ or final salary pensions to personal...
“Hunt’s national insurance cut: robbing Peter to pay Paul?”
Taking a bullet for you all and the greater good, I’ve listened to Autumn Statement Reaction...
“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...
“Business leaders call for stability after PM’s resignation”
When I heard the Fiscal-Event-Mini-Budget announcements (which were, I thought, just that, and no...
“Autumn Budget 2021: Financial services industry reacts”
‘At least bankers on short-haul flights sipping champagne will be celebrating this Budget’ said...
“Stealth taxes show Rishi is a savvy operator”
Most radio and TV chatter focused on what wasn’t in the Budget. Nothing on social care, no extra...
“Our Summary of The Spring Budget”
I play a little game every Budget Day. I count the number of ‘Our Budget Summary’ emails I receive...
“Autumn Budget to be scrapped this year”
Remember being told to ‘wait until your father gets home’ or sitting outside the headmaster’s...
“Budget 2020: Relief for higher-rate taxpayers as no changes to pension tax relief system”
I guess Rishi had other things on his mind, but, once again, the only Budget changes to pensions...
“IFS calls for end to ‘ludicrous’ pension taxes”
Here’s an idea for our current Chancellor. Yes, by all means cap pension tax relief at 20%. But...
“Pressure mounts on chancellor to stay clear of pension tax”
Saj left because he refused to fire his advisers. Maybe it was they who were advising him to have...
Will pension tax relief be slashed to 20% for all?
For the 40th straight year, there’s a rumour that high rate tax relief for pensions may go. So...