Compared to the two previous (damaging) tax raising Budgets orchestrated by the now banished Rachel Reeves, today’s Budget was somewhat gentler on our household finances and our long-term wealth.
It was also kind to many small businesses as the Chancellor John Healey seeks to boost the country’s flagging high streets.
Thank the Lord, I hear you cry. No more horrible changes to pensions, no more attacks on our ability to pass down wealth through the generations.
Yet, sadly, the Budget wasn’t without its personal finance nasties, with the biggest inflicted on savers and landlords. Indeed, Rachel Reeves, I am sure, would have been
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