Recent data suggests the number of company car drivers continues to fall. Once upon a time, the aspiration of many an office worker was to climb the ladder to the height at which a company car became part of the remuneration package. The appeal of being liberated from the expenses of motoring – sometimes including […]
The temporary Triple Lock suspension has cost pensioners up to £9.35 a week. Call it a good day for burying bad news. Within hours of the Prime Minister announcing his long-awaited plans for social care in England in early September, the Department for Work and Pensions revealed that the Triple Lock for the new and […]
Criminals are taking advantage of well-known lottery draws to trick victims into parting with their money. New data from Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, reveals almost £1 million has been lost to lottery fraud in the past seven months. What is lottery fraud? Criminals will contact unsuspecting victims informing […]
The Value In Thinking Ahead Retirement is something most of us look forward to − particularly on a Monday morning. However, those thoughts are often little more than a whimsical cocktail of not having to work and prolonged holidays. The reality could be rather different, particularly if your retirement date is some way off. For […]
In September, the government revealed its long-awaited plans to reform England’s funding of social care, but many home care residents won’t reap the benefits. On becoming Prime Minister, Boris Johnson announced that he had “…a clear plan we have prepared” to deal with the funding of social care in England. The statement was met with […]
Double-digit tax increases to fund the latest social care reforms will have a ripple effect on taxpayers. When the Chancellor announces tax rises that are measured in double-digit billions, normally you can assume he is presenting a Budget. That was not the case in September, when Rishi Sunak set out measures that will bring a […]
