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Starter ISA: Investment industry calls for education, incentives and simplicity

ISAs

Starter ISA: Investment industry calls for education, incentives and simplicity

Education vital

clock 30 October 2026 • 2 min read
Treasury Committee flags potential bank tax Budget leak to FCA and Treasury

Regulation

Treasury Committee flags potential bank tax Budget leak to FCA and Treasury

Dame Meg Hillier pens letter after Bloomberg article went live at 10:45am

clock 29 October 2026 • 3 min read
Budget 26: Key takeaways from Healey's first Budget

Economics / Markets

Budget 26: Key takeaways from Healey's first Budget

Eight takeaways

clock 29 October 2026 • 4 min read
SJP hits record £242.4bn FUM but Q3 flows drop by 67%

Companies

SJP hits record £242.4bn FUM but Q3 flows drop by 67%

£570m net flows in the quarter

clock 29 October 2026 • 1 min read
Budget 26: Initial relief from advisers turns to 'irritation at the detail'

Your profession

Budget 26: Initial relief from advisers turns to 'irritation at the detail'

Tax rises ‘aimed at thrift and capital’

clock 29 October 2026 • 4 min read
Budget 26: Savings income tax rate to rise to 44% for higher earners

Your profession

Budget 26: Savings income tax rate to rise to 44% for higher earners

From April 2027

clock 29 October 2026 • 2 min read
Budget 26: Income tax threshold freeze remains until April 2031

Tax planning

Budget 26: Income tax threshold freeze remains until April 2031

No changes on last year’s Budget

clock 28 October 2026 • 2 min read
IHT on pensions gets technical changes ahead of 2027 start

Tax planning

IHT on pensions gets technical changes ahead of 2027 start

Rules on liabilities linked to trusts also tightened

clock 28 October 2026 • 6 min read
Budget 26: 'Frustrating' VCT tax relief absent from Budget despite lobbying

VCTs / EIS

Budget 26: 'Frustrating' VCT tax relief absent from Budget despite lobbying

Reduced rate still intact

clock 28 October 2026 • 2 min read
Budget 26: OBR slashes fiscal headroom to £15bn by 2029/30 after Middle East shock

UK

Budget 26: OBR slashes fiscal headroom to £15bn by 2029/30 after Middle East shock

Cut of more than £8bn

clock 28 October 2026 • 3 min read