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'Reeves should cut cash ISA limit and revive Brit ISA,' says Merryn Somerset Webb
Opinion Cash ISAs are mostly pointless and always expensive, says Merryn Somerset Webb
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Inheritance tax bills exceed £500,000 for almost 10% of estates
Thousands of estates have had to pay a six figure inheritance tax bill – and the issue looks set to worsen.
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Fresh inheritance tax blow for business owners and farmers – could you need a new will?
Draft legislation has revealed a hoped for loophole in business and agricultural property reliefs has been closed tight
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Inheritance tax take rises again as loved ones pay £134 million more
With asset prices at or near all-time highs and tax thresholds frozen, more families are being pulled into paying inheritance tax
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Rents outpace mortgages with 21% rise over three years
Renters have seen a bigger increase in their monthly housing costs since 2022 than mortgaged homeowners, according to Zoopla
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Reeves’s capital gains tax changes ‘backfire’ as Treasury receipts fall sharply
Capital gains tax rates were increased in the 2024 Budget but fresh data suggests the policy is failing to boost government coffers. Could it put chancellor Rachel Reeves off a wealth tax?
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Government revives Pensions Commission to tackle retirement savings crisis
Almost half of working-age adults save nothing into a pension. We look at why tomorrow’s pensioners are on track to be poorer than today’s
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House prices rising fastest in areas with highest crime rates – where does your area rank?
Property prices are higher in safer areas but growing more slowly than in places benefiting from gentrification and buy-to-lets
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State pension age review launched – could it rise faster in future?
The government has announced a review of the state pension age, after it warned of a “retirement crisis” and revived the Pensions Commission to boost pension savings
