Worldwide Financial Planning

This week the Brexit waters were muddied further at the Labour party conference, with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer putting forward conflicting positions in consecutive speeches.

In times of austerity, high, unexplained inflation and wages that do not rise with it, many families live to survive.

This week the background noise of uncertainty over Brexit increased to a deafening roar as Theresa May took her Chequers plan to Salzburg only to have it dismissed out of hand.

This week, we got further support for the status quo. Positive economic data, including a higher than expected GDP data was coupled with a decision from the central bank to leave things alone and let everything carry on as it is.

What is a mortgage owner to do? Most have acclimatised to ultra-low rates well below the norm.

Inheritance tax is comfortably one of the most crippling of all taxes, particularly for beneficiaries.