Category Archives: Spotlights

New IFS report finds pensions undersaving a ‘ticking time bomb’

A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reveals that many workers still make [...]

UK households could face ‘possible £65k inheritance tax’ in Autumn Budget

Financial analysts suggest there’s now a ‘reasonable possibility’ UK households could face a new ‘death [...]

UK adults holding £430bn worth of ‘potential investments’ in cash, says report

An estimated 13 million UK adults are holding a combined £430bn in cash deposits that [...]

UK economy flatlines in July for second month in a row

The UK economy failed to bounce back post-election despite economists’ predictions, with Office for National [...]

State pension ‘expected to rise by £460’ following earnings increase

The state pension is now expected to rise by £460 next April following a 4% [...]

Chancellor scraps previous government’s plans for new ‘UK ISA’

The Financial Times has reported that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will scrap the previous government’s proposal [...]

British savers’ Cash ISA investments up by more than a fifth

New data reveals UK savers paid a total of £3.8bn into Cash Individual Savings Accounts [...]

Autumn Budget: Capital Gains Tax increase ‘mostly likely course of action’

An increase in Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates now seems the ‘most likely course of [...]

October’s budget set to feature ‘painful’ tax hikes, warns Keir Starmer

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned that Labour’s first autumn budget, due on Wednesday 30th [...]

Pension spotlight: One in five pensioners to be ‘dragged’ into higher rate taxes by 2028

Roughly one in five pensioners are set to be ‘dragged’ into paying higher or additional [...]