Amid all the gloomy news this week there was a chink of light for Financial Planners, at least on the potential new business front.

A new study forecasts a boom ahead for advisers offering tax-effective investment advice as the number of higher rate taxpayers rises inexorably.

HMRC collected a record £16.7bn in capital gains tax in the 2021/22 tax year.

The Government is threatening to remove the ability to inherit an untouched pension pot tax free into a drawdown account if the deceased is under 75.