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Child Trust Funds The Telegraph gave readers with ‘obsolete' Child Trust Funds (CTFs) the good news that they will be able to switch them into a Junior ISA from April. The report said CTFs were introduced in 2002, giving all new parents a £250 voucher to invest in a tax-friendly savings or investment plan. Families with low earnings were handed £500, it added. However, it explained these CTFs have since been superseded by Junior Isas. From April, parents can move their offspring's investments. Pensions data The Daily Mail exposes a worrying trend of pensions data sales - f...
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