Budget 2011

WAY Investment Services' Mark Benson gives an update on how the Budget 2011 affected inheritance tax planning.

Taxes will be increased on expensive houses, allowing the government to fulfil its longer-term promise to scrap the 50p top income tax rate, Nick Clegg has said.

The Budget is usually a little like Christmas - there is a long wait, you get a few clues about what is going to happen, and then when the day finally arrives it is a bit of a let-down.

BUDGET BLOG

The FTSE 100 index edged higher in early trading following gains overseas in the US last night.

The UK government bond market has shown resilience in reaction to the Budget and inflation soaring to 4.4% in February, offering a safe haven for investors, says M&G's Mike Riddell.

Fund managers believe the revised growth forecast for the UK this year, as revealed in George Osborne's Budget, is still too optimistic and may not be an achievable target.

IFAonline today brings you LIVE coverage of all the measures in what is being dubbed a 'steady-as-she-goes' Budget package.

Unauthorised unit trusts have been targeted by the Treasury in its latest tax avoidance clampdown.

The price of UK 10-year government bonds stayed higher after the country's growth forecast for the year was slashed from 2.1% to 1.7% in George Osborne's Budget.