The Law Commission has made a variety of proposals to reform the law governing wills in England and Wales.
Another Parliament, another Pension Schemes Bill
A new pensions bill has been introduced, which could affect your existing pensions.
How much retirement income do you need?
New research suggests some retirement costs have fallen, but there is a twist…
A strangely timed report on attitudes to salary sacrifice
In late May, HMRC published a report – based on data collected in summer 2023 and dated January 2024 – that had been held back for months. Why the delay?
The return of the Winter Fuel Payment
The Winter Fuel Payment will be returning for most pensioners in England and Wales this winter.
You may have missed – adult social care review slips under the radar
The first Friday of May was a busy news day. The ideal day to make an announcement that you might prefer to be overlooked – such as the Government’s new commission into adult social care in England.
A forgotten 50th anniversary on income tax
In 1975, the Chancellor’s Budget dared to go where no successor has dared since.
HMRC suffers from too much interest
As had often been noted over the last few years, one of the strategies adopted by successive governments to increase tax revenue is the freezing of tax allowances and bands.
‘Yippy’ days in the markets – a new way of measuring the jitters
A new word was added to investors’ vocabulary in April. “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy, you know, they were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid.” So said President Trump seven days after his Rose Garden Liberation Day presentation of unexpectedly high tariffs on US imports.