An increase in interest rates could be nearer than anyone thought! Thursday’s meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England was expected to be a non-event. A Reuters poll of economists revealed that not one expected a move in base rates from the 0.25% set in the wake of the Brexit […]
Marriage Tax Allowance – What Is It?
As you may be aware the Government has introduced a tax break called the Marriage Tax Allowance. The allowance, which came into effect from 6 April 2015, is available to couples who are married or in a civil partnership and enables a transfer of a proportion of their tax free personal allowance between them. The […]
Care and the Conservatives – General Election 2017
With the General Election looming over us and the election polls ever-shifting, nobody knows which way the scales will tip on 8th June. However, there have been some interesting topics for discussion raised in the recent weeks. As many will have seen in the recent press, care and the ‘capping’ of care costs is a hot […]
