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Emergency Budget 2010
The Comprehensive Spending Review is necessary to bring the UK economy "back from the brink", says Chancellor George Osborne.
UK public sector borrowing fell to £3.8bn in July, down from £6.1bn in July 2009, suggesting the nation’s finances are starting to recover.
Public sector net borrowing hit £14.5bn in June, marginally below the shortfall of £14.7bn one year earlier but still worse than economists had expected.
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Peter Lawrence spent 30 years working in IT but last year decided to launch his own IFA: Prime Time Financial. Professional Adviser has been tracking his progress. This month he looks at sowing the seeds of professional connections.
Graham Harvey, managing director of protection at Axa, says measures made in last month’s Budget provide the perfect opportunity to discuss protection with clients.
Paul Kennedy, of Fidelity International, says basic rate taxpayers have been affected most by CGT changes in the emergency Budget
Zurich’s Edward Grant looks at how emergency Budget measures have resulted in planning opportunities for advisers.
Tax lawyer Shimon Shaw, of Matthew Arnold & Baldwin, gives his views on the Budget’s CGT adjustments.
Peter Hicks, head of UK retail sales at Fidelity, looks at the implications of the emergency Budget.
George Osborne's austerity budget will cause 1.3m job losses over the next five years according to Treasury figures.
Advisers who recommended panicked clients realise gains ahead of this week’s Budget have been forced on the defensive amid claims they may have issued "bad advice".
The rise in VAT announced in this week’s Budget may delay some commission-based advisers from offering an RDR-compliant fee-paying proposition, the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) warns.
The Government will undertake an independent review of auto-enrolment, Secretary of state for work and pensions Iain Duncan Smith has announced.
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