A crooked tax agent and accountant - who is also an internationally-ranked chess player - has been jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of stealing more than £750,000 in a tax and mortgage fraud.

New private pension figures published by HMRC have revealed that the number of self-employed people contributing to a personal pension climbed to 340,000 in 2021-22, up from 330,000 the previous year.

The number of people paying tax penalties for exceeding the annual or lifetime limits on pension tax relied rose sharply between the 2020/21 and 2021/22 tax years, according to new figures from HMRC.

Inheritance Tax Receipts increased £300m year-on-year to £3.2bn in the five months from April to August, according to the latest data released today by HMRC.