One in five over 65s now gifting money to family in response to Chancellor’s inheritance tax raid
By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 08:08 EDT, 31 July 2025 Older savers are gifting money to their children and…
HMRC hands back £48.7m in overpaid pension tax in just three months
HM Revenue & Customs is still refunding millions of pounds back to Britons in overpaid pension tax. It…
The urgent financial lesson ALL parents must teach their children
Let’s face it, pensions – work pensions, self-invested pensions – are not sexy. Whenever I mention them to…
Could I give £250 gifts to 400 people who then pay them to my daughters to beat inheritance tax on £100,000?
I am one of the people that will be adversely affected by Rachel Reeves’ unwarranted raid on unused…
How much you need to feel wealthy in different areas of Britain – and expert tips on how you can save up more than £1million
Many of us have dreamed of amassing a £1 million fortune, with the idea that it will secure…
Chancellor in new gaffe over £425bn pension reform
By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 16:51 EDT, 26 July 2025 Rachel Reeves has been accused of a ‘shocking grasp…
HAMISH MCRAE: I remain positive about the markets
Are equities on a new plateau, at base camp for a further climb? Ultimately, the justification for share…
I earn £100,000 a year but don’t feel rich – I’ve downgraded to PureGym and holidays in Europe, ditched M&S groceries and only eat out once a week
A Gen Z professional who earns £100,000 a year insists that, despite having no dependents to care for,…
A pension at 18 is a pipe dream – but even £50 could give younger workers a six-figure pot, says HELEN CRANE
When did you first pay in to a pension? If you were born in the 1990s or later,…
Bond traders smell trouble: Reckless Reeves could spark a full-blown financial crisis, says MAGGIE PAGANO
There are times when the numbers published by the Office for National Statistics on the state of the…
Britain is at the mercy of bond markets as debt spirals, says HUGO DUNCAN
By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 06:35 EDT, 22 July 2025 It took the British government more than three centuries…
Nearly 1 in 10 inheritance tax-paying families handed a half a MILLION pound bill
Since 2022, there has been a 29% increase £in 500,000-plus IHT bills By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 07:00 BST,…