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Happy (New) Tax year

April 6th is the start of the 21/22 Tax Year, and this is often a time when those in work receive their agreed pay increase and those receiving their State Pension will see an above inflation increase due to the ‘Triple Lock’ process. This ensures the State Pension is increased by the higher of inflation, average wage increase or 2.5%.

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State Pension issues for older divorced women

Divorce is always a difficult and emotional time. When you factor in money circumstances as well, it can feel complicated and unsettling. One of the key factors that is often discussed, but not covered in sufficient detail, is pension provision.

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Spring Budget Statement – March 2021

As we head toward the anniversary of the initial Lockdown period for the UK, the Chancellor took the opportunity to highlight just how much Coronavirus has cost the UK Economy. Citing unprecedented debt levels, the Chancellor confirmed that the Government would be borrowing a peacetime record of £355Bn, recognising that it will take decades to manage this sort of debt.

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Planning, it’s not that simple

The Cambridge Dictionary describes Planning as: ‘the process of deciding in detail how to do something before you actually start to do it.’ That seems simple enough, yet one of the key challenges we have in life is to not only plan, but to maintain that plan as things change