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Inheritance Tax

Inheritance Tax

It started with David Bowie and now includes Sir Terry Wogan, Victoria Wood, Ronnie Corbett, Prince, Alan Rickman, Tony Warren, Frank Kelly, Paul Daniels and Denise Robertson.  There doesn’t seem to b ...
ERNIE to cut back

ERNIE to cut back

The number of Premium Bond prizes is to be reduced, and National Savings and Investments is also cutting savings rates on a number of its products. From June 2016, the chances of winning a Premium Bon ...
Comparing costs over the last 90 years

Comparing costs over the last 90 years

When the Queen was born in 1926 the bank interest rate was 5% and there were only 500,000 mortgages held compared with 11.1m today.  Things have changed a lot but to put it into context the value of £ ...
Access to free and impartial pension guidance

Access to free and impartial pension guidance

Pension wise will be a first port of call for consumers, offering free and impartial information and guidance to people with a defined contribution pension approaching retirement. From April 2015, ove ...