Financial advisers and industry experts have expressed concern about the ‘stealth tax’ threat from Inheritance Tax after receipts grew to £3.5bn for the latest six month period, up £400m year on year.

A Paraplanning boss has detailed how she dealt with a client who faced the “very rare” circumstances of four defined benefit pensions alongside personal pensions and lifetime allowance tax issues.

Platforms have come under fire for ‘poor service’ and failing to deliver the services they claim to offer.

The head of a Paraplanning firm has attacked platforms for "wholly unacceptable" service and "poor testing".