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What made financial headlines over the weekend?

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Here's our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend ...

Low rates and rising inflation mean more misery for savers: Here's what the Chancellor must do to end this injustice As Philip Hammond strives to balance the books ahead of next month's Autumn Statement, one thing he is unlikely to find himself short of is advice from the financial services industry. Companies have been queuing up to tell Professional Adviser and other publications what they think the Chancellor should do - and then, of course, the journalists have a few thoughts of their own. Take Mail on Sunday columnist Jeff Prestridge who in this article notes the plight of save...

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