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  • Editor’s Comment: Will the State Pension disappear over the horizon?

    I am glad former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann has warned of the potentially huge damage to pension planning a new government move on State Pension Age, literally slipped in to an OBR report, could cause.

  • Editor’s Comment: The tax timebomb heading our way

    They say the only things certain in life are death and taxes. What they never said was that one day the vast majority of UK workers would end up paying higher rate 40% income tax on their earnings, a levy almost unimaginable a few years ago.

  • 2 in 3 taxpayers could face higher-rate tax - forecast

    The number of higher-rate income taxpayers could double to around two-thirds of all taxpayers by the 2075/6 tax year, according to analysis from the Office for Budgetary Responsibility.

  • OBR issues warning over impact of salary sacrifice reforms

    From April 2029 salary-sacrificed pension contributions above an annual £2,000 threshold will no longer be exempt from National Insurance contributions

    The Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) has warned of the “highly uncertain” reaction to salary sacrifice reforms from both employers and pension savers.

  • Budget 2013: Growth forecast halved to 0.6 per cent in 2013

    Budget 2013
  • Autumn Statement: UK growth forecast increased

  • Budget 2018: Chancellor reveals higher growth projections

    Budget 2018
  • OBR forecasts 36% rise in 5-year IHT receipts

    Sean McCann, Chartered Financial Planner at NFU Mutual, said more families will be caught in the IHT net in the next 5 years
  • 2m extra Britons to pay higher rate tax

    Sean McCann, Chartered Financial Planner at NFU Mutual, said thousands of people are likely to be unaware they are likely to fall within the higher rate tax bracket
  • Budget 2023 set for 15 March

    Chancellor Hunt in the Commons

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