A leading Financial Planner has warned that the Chancellor may choose to raise Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates to align with Income Tax in order to raise cash in his budget to be delivered on 27 October.

The Budget 2021 speech as delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the House of Commons today:

The Personal Finance Society has welcomed the extension of business support measures in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget today but says more needs to be done to rebuild the resilience of individual savers who have been hammered by the pandemic.

Leading pensions experts have criticised the Chancellor’s move to freeze the pensions Lifetime Allowance (LTA) at £1,073,100 until April 2026.