The 40% income tax threshold will rise this year and next, Chancellor George Osborne has said in the Budget.

The tax-free allowance - already set to rise to £10,000 this April - will be further increased to £10,500 from next year, George Osborne has announced in the Budget.

Emergency services workers will no longer be subject to inheritance tax (IHT) if they die in service, it has been announced in the Budget.

Bellpenny, the national wealth manager and IFA acquirer, has acquired Essex-based Personal & Corporate Financial Solutions (PCFS).

A US regulator has sued 16 banks for allegedly manipulating the London interbank offered rate (Libor).

George Osborne has denied ‘insulting' middle-class voters by claiming that making them pay higher tax rates is ‘good for them' because it makes them feel successful - and more likely to back the Tories.

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Profits at Prudential UK fell flat last year, barely upticking from the year before, as the rush to sell onshore investment bonds subsided following the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

IFG group - parent company to independent wealth managers Saunderson House and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider James Hay - has sold its IFA arm for £9.1m.