It is time for more gimmicks from our beloved Chancellor of the Exchequer this morning. According to a Downing Street press release issued today: Working
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The only viable source of funding for investment in the UK is UK savers
It became clear yesterday that Rachel Reeves’ mad trip to China, accompanied by Andrew Bailey, who is Governor of the Bank of England, will raise
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Will your pension provide for your old age?
Pension saving is not just about how much money you put aside but also about what that money is used to fund. If your pension
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Pension funds should be investing 25% of contributions in new economic activity in the UK
I had a comment made by Baroness Ros Altmann, who was a Tory pensions minister in the closing years of Cameron’s premiership, made on the
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Why are you divorced from your savings?
Most people have no clue how their pension and other savings are managed, or who by, and what the consequences for the economy, the planet
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Rachel Reeves really is a very big threat to the well-being of this country
As Rachel Reeves made clear in her Mansion House speech last night, she wants to relax banking regulations. Big bonuses will be coming back, paid
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Rachel Reeves’ poverty of ambition
Rachael Reeves turned up at Larry Elliott’s farewell drinks at the Guardian last night. I did not have the chance to talk to her, but
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Will the state pension be means tested?
I put up a Twitter poll yesterday, asking whether the state pension should be means tested. After 20 hours this was the result: Roughly one
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Will Reeves remove pension tax reliefs for the wealthiest?
This morning’s Telegraph Business newsletter features these comments: This is not the restriction on pension tax relief for the wealthiest that I propose in the
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