Mind the disabled saver junior ISA gap

An estimated £210m remains locked inside child trust funds, the precursor to junior ISAs, said to belong to disabled young people who lack mental capacity to access them. On 4 March, a cross-sector House of Commons meeting – involving charities, campaign groups, financial providers, policymakers and regulators – brought stakeholders together to discuss problems experienced when disabled young people reach adulthood and are unable to access child trust funds. Now, financial services disability access advocates say that young disabled savers and their families could struggle to access f...