Touchstone Updates

After an election promise to not raise taxes on working people it seems clear that that is precisely what is likely to happen over the coming months. With public finances seemingly on the precipice (as ever) it seems highly likely that Rachel Reeves will introduce a wave of new revenue raising policy’s that whilst may …

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With the very unexpected effective cancellation of the Winter Fuel allowance it is interesting to dig down a bit deeper into the numbers and see if this really was a miserly benefits grab or some astute money saving. Given that the vast majority of those over 65 do not typically vote Labour, you could certainly …

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