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Labour’s Autumn Budget: Which Taxes Could Rise in 2025?

It feels like only yesterday that we were talking about last year's Autumn Budget, widely billed as a once in a generation reset for the public finances. Back then, the challenge was plugging a £22 billion gap in the nation’s accounts. Fast forward not even 12 months, and here we are again, only this time, the gap is even bigger! We’ll break down the tough choices facing Rachel Reeves, look at the options on the table, and explore what they could mean for you ahead of this year’s Autumn budget.

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10th September 2025
Labour’s Autumn Budget: Which Taxes Could Rise in 2025?
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Labour’s Autumn Budget: Which Taxes Could Rise in 2025?

It feels like only yesterday that we were talking about last year's Autumn Budget, widely billed as a once in a generation reset for the public finances. Back then, the challenge was plugging a £22 billion gap in the nation’s accounts. Fast forward not even 12 months, and here we are again, only this time, the gap is even bigger! We’ll break down the tough choices facing Rachel Reeves, look at the options on the table, and explore what they could mean for you ahead of this year’s Autumn budget.

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10th September 2025
Labour’s Autumn Budget: Which Taxes Could Rise in 2025?
Risk You Can Control, Uncertainty You Can’t. Why We’ve De-Risked

In our latest Quarterly Market Update, Hannah Kennedy speaks with Dr Scott Osborne about the major global macroeconomic events that have shaped recent months, from shifting trade relationships and interest rate changes to geopolitical pressures.

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15th August 2025
Risk You Can Control, Uncertainty You Can’t. Why We’ve De-Risked
The Retirement Trade-off That No-one Talks About

Planning how to pay for care – a topic full of uncertainty. Will you spend all of your life savings just to get sub-par care and accommodation? Or, will you find yourself with just enough to afford the care you’d really want in later life? 

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31st July 2025
The Retirement Trade-off That No-one Talks About
Are Cash ISAs Under Threat?

Big changes could be coming to the humble Cash ISA – and if you’ve been leaning on it as your go-to savings vehicle, this is a moment to pause and reflect.

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4th July 2025
Are Cash ISAs Under Threat?
What the Headlines Missed

It’s easy to get caught up in the headlines, and there have been plenty lately. Between rising UK unemployment and Trump’s tariff chaos, you might expect your investments to be struggling. But, in this Astute Market Overview, we take a step back to look at the bigger picture, and it’s far more positive than those headlines suggest.

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13th June 2025
What the Headlines Missed
Dr Scott Osborne: Why Doing Nothing Was Right – Until Now

Since Donald Trump’s so called “Liberation Day” announcements triggered chaos and a trade war with China, global market volatility has soared. A 90-day pause has allowed room for negotiations, and markets responded with a strong rebound.

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9th May 2025
Dr Scott Osborne: Why Doing Nothing Was Right – Until Now
Practical Pension Planning to Avoid IHT (Including Business Relief)

Farmers took to the streets in protest following the agricultural relief changes in Labour’s budget.

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25th April 2025
Practical Pension Planning to Avoid IHT (Including Business Relief)
Market Dips. What History Has Taught Us

If you have listened to any radio, watched any TV or glanced at newspaper headlines this week, you’ll have heard that markets have “plunged” following America’s tariffs on much of the rest of the world. You can watch our video from last week for more detail.

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11th April 2025
Market Dips. What History Has Taught Us
Trump’s Tariffs – Why We’re Not Worried

Yesterday was dubbed “liberation day” in the US, as Donald Trump unveiled a list of reciprocal tariffs. In this update, Hannah Kennedy is joined by Dr Scott Osborne to discuss US tariffs, what uncertainty still remains, and ultimately, why we aren’t worried.

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3rd April 2025
Trump’s Tariffs – Why We’re Not Worried
In Trusts We Trust: Strategies to Avoid Inheritance Tax (IHT)

Inheritance Tax receipts are on the rise and are expected to grow significantly in the future, particularly owing to the changes announced in the Labour Budget in October 2024.

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1st April 2025
In Trusts We Trust: Strategies to Avoid Inheritance Tax (IHT)
Spring Statement – Do the Books Balance?

How do you know it’s spring? The tulips and daffodils are in bloom, the days get longer, the fields are filled with bleating lambs – and of course, the Chancellor delivers the Spring Statement!

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27th March 2025
Spring Statement – Do the Books Balance?
Strategies to Avoid IHT – The Power of a Will

Inheritance Tax planning is becoming an increasingly crucial consideration for many families with the number of estates expected to be subject to it ever on the rise.

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6th March 2025
Strategies to Avoid IHT – The Power of a Will
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