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There has been a lot of negative comment about Isas with the unit trust industry seeming to take an ...

There has been a lot of negative comment about Isas with the unit trust industry seeming to take an immediate dislike to them. However, the majority of people over the age of 18 should have a cash Isa because, as the Government says, they encourage people to save and widen access to savings products. Isas are encouraging people to save. More people took out cash Isas with the Halifax in the first three months of the account ‹ with 475,000 sold ‹ than took out Tessas with us during the first year of their existence in 1991 ‹ when only 400,000 taken out . Halifax is the UK's biggest provide...

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