Last month’s Autumn Statement marked another future tax increase for buy-to-let. “Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can’t afford a home to buy.” Those words from Chancellor George Osborne, heralded the announcement … Continue reading →

The United States Federal reserve has moved closer to an interest rate rise next month. In September the USA’s central bank, the Federal Reserve (the ‘Fed’) surprised a fair few investment ‘experts’ by deciding not to increase short term interest … Continue reading →

This month’s Autumn Statement will not reveal and major pension tax reforms. Parliamentary questions are sometimes no such thing. Instead, they are mechanisms by which the government can reveal a decision on which it would prefer not to make a … Continue reading →

National Savings is both reducing and increasing interest rates. But its real rate challenge lies ahead. In September National Savings & Investments (NS&I) announced that they would be cutting the rate on its Direct Saver cash ISA from 1.50% to … Continue reading →