50 h. ago Meloni’s party seeks to double limit for cash payments in Italy

Opponents of proposal to increase cap to €10,000 say it would reward tax evaders and illegal business

Economics

8 d. ago Households ‘have been shoring up cash Isas amid uncertain economic backdrop’

The Government announced in the Budget that the annual adult cash Isa subscription limit will be reduced to £12,000 from April 2027.

Economics

1 week ago Doctors warn of surge in medieval disease as schools report several cases

The skin infection has been reported in several schools in Devon, with the number of people seeking medical care doubling since 2022 as doctors urge early treatment

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1 week ago HMRC sets new rules to stop savers getting around reduced £12,000 cash Isa limit

The Government department set out the rules after announcing its Isa change at the Budget earlier this week

Economics

1 week ago New rules set to stop savers getting around reduced £12,000 cash Isa limit

Guidance on the HM Revenue and Customs website said rules will be introduced ‘to avoid circumvention of the lower limit for cash Isas’.

Economics

2 w. ago ‘Sucker punch’ for savers as annual cash Isa limit to be cut to £12,000

Savers over the age of 65 will continue to be able to save up to £20,000 in a cash Isa each year.

Economics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves Budget 2025: Major money changes young people need to know

Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget is out, but how will young people cope with the new cash ISA limit, pension caps, and extended tax freezes? We break down every key consequence.

Economics

2 w. ago Your cash ISA options after Rachel Reeves’s Budget cut – and the exemption you need to know about

A cut to the cash ISA limit doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your savings or your future

Economics

2 w. ago Your cash ISA options after Rachel Reeves’ Budget cut – and the exemption you need to know about

A cut to the cash ISA limit doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your savings or your future

Economics

2 w. ago Budget 2025: What you can do with your cash ISA ahead of Rachel Reeves’ tax

A cut to the cash ISA limit doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your savings or your future

Economics

2 w. ago Cash Isa limit cut may not encourage people to invest, finance expert says

Reports suggest that the annual cash Isa limit could be reduced to £12,000 in the Budget.

Economics

2 w. ago Here’s what you could do with your money after cash ISA cut in Reeves’s Budget

A cut to the cash ISA limit doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your savings or your future

Economics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves set to cut annual cash ISA limit to £12,000 in Budget

The chancellor is set to lay out her highly-anticipated Budget on Wednesday

Economics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves to cut annual cash Isa limit to £12,000 in Budget

Move comes as UK government attempts to funnel more cash into London-listed stocks

Economics

2 w. ago Cash Isa limit could be cut in the Budget... but 70% of Britons don't invest outside of their pension

A quarter of people say they think investing is too risky, with a further 15% not knowing how to start and 12% saying they don't have the rime to do proper research.

Economics

3 w. ago Rome decries ‘Italian sounding’ pasta sauces on sale in EU parliament store

Agriculture minister calls for immediate investigation over carbonara sauce containing the wrong type of cured meatItaly’s agriculture minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, has called for an immediate investigation after coming across what he claimed were jars of “Italian sounding” pasta sauce on the shelves of the European parliament’s supermarket.Lollobrigida, of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, was particularly vexed by a carbonara sauce made with “Italiaanse pancetta” – the classic Roman pasta dish is made with a different cured meat, guanciale – and a tomato sauce containing “oignons de Calabria”, or onions from Calabria. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Autumn Budget: What it could mean for savers and is cash ISA limit being cut?

Rumours have been rife for several months now, that the cash ISA limit could be targeted by the Chancellor, who is under pressure to encourage people to invest in the stock market

Economics

3 w. ago The Guardian view on Europe’s firewall against the far right: in growing need of repair | Editorial

The fragility of France’s cordon sanitaire against Le Pen is part of a worrying wider pattern, as centrist parties seek to revive their fortunesEarlier this autumn, Giorgia Meloni laid out the strategic path to a new era of nationalist populism across Europe. Addressing a gathering of the French far-right party Identité-Libertés, which is led by Marine Le Pen’s niece, Marion Maréchal, Italy’s prime minister underlined the need to work towards “the unity of the right and the centre-right” adding “I hope that one day this can also happen in France  but that will depend on you.”Ms Meloni knows of what she speaks. Her Brothers of Italy party, which has a lineage going back to postwar neofascist movements, became hegemonic under her leadership by mounting a reverse takeover of the Italian right. Less than a decade ago, it scored a marginal 4% in a general election. Currently, it stands at 31% in the polls. Forza Italia, the centre-right party founded by Silvio Berlusc...

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