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Andy Burnham has plans to deal with long-term care in England. In March 2010, during the last days of Gordon’s Brown’s Labour Government, Andy Burnham was the Health Secretary. In that role, he published a White Paper regarding social care reform in England, proposing the establishment of a national care service. The new service was […]

How much would it cost to increase the income tax personal allowance? The personal allowance is the amount of income that you can receive free of income tax. Since 2010, the personal allowance has not been a universal figure because of the introduction of a taper if ‘adjusted net income’ exceeds £100,000. The taper gradually […]

Updated figures from HMRC reveal greener company cars are surging in popularity. This summer’s statistics on income tax (issued by HMRC) revealed an interesting picture of how company car ownership has changed since 2020. The total company car population (the red line in the graph above) slumped to a low of 720,000 in 2019/20 and […]

A new HMRC consultation paper is concerning news if you make self assessment tax payments on account. As the summer temperatures soared throughout the UK, HMRC released a large consultation document seemingly designed to make many taxpayers even hotter under the collar. It proposed a new regime for the 3.6 million taxpayers within self assessment […]

The law in England and Wales is moving a step closer to treating married and unmarried couples in a similar way. “Over 3.5 million couples live together without getting married or entering a civil partnership, a number that has more than doubled over the past three decades. Despite this, cohabiting couples and their children have […]

Whether we’re aware of it or not, all of us are on a financial planning journey and nearly all of us will want to make the most of our money, including putting it to good use by investing for our future selves. As 2026 progresses, the financial pressure of recent years remains a reality for […]