MPs call for abolition of LISA just 16 months after launch

April 2017 first LISAs available

Hannah Godfrey
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The Treasury Committee has called upon the government to abolish the lifetime ISA (LISA) just 16 months after it was first made available, after receiving persistently negative feedback on the product.

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