Mortgage interest changes – finally on their way

by on August 20, 2015

I wrote some time ago, over 3 ½ years in fact, about the consultation and call for evidence that had been published by the government announcing their policy intentions for support for mortgage interest in means tested benefits – http://blog.cix.co.uk/gmorgan/2012/01/06/mortgage-interest-support-consultation/. The Summer Budget 2015 has now produced the date of introduction of the proposal – […]

Pension Wise will make people Pound Foolish

by on February 15, 2015

There are big changes coming in April to the way in which people, from age 55, can access their ‘money purchase’, or ‘defined contribution’ pension savings.  These are pensions where the amount you get is decided by the amount that you’ve paid in to your ‘pot’ – the total value of your pension savings.  The […]