Along with 2,500 other people, I was fortunate enough to attend the Personal Finance Society’s long-awaited Festival of Financial Planning this week. 

I suspect most Financial Planners roll their eyes these days when they read on Financial Planning Today about another advice firm declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

After the excitement of the past week, with politicians throwing themselves on the funeral pyre of insanity, it’s time to turn to more mundane, but important, matters. Yes, I’m talking about Inheritance Tax, or IHT as the professionals call it.

I’ve been away for a bit - have I missed anything? I suspect I have.