Higher rate taxpayers

What made financial headlines over the weekend?

Higher rate allowance up to £46,350

UK pensions not generous

Shift to flat-rate on the cards

George Osborne should use next week's Budget to increase the 40p tax threshold, according to two former Tory Chancellors.

TAX RELIEF

AUTUMN STATEMENT

Higher rate tax relief on pensions is "costly and ineffective" and should be scrapped, a think thank has warned.

A cut to the annual allowance in the Autumn Statement would hit middle-class savers who increase contributions to their pension pot later in life, the industry warns.