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The Chancellor has announced far reaching reforms to pensions in his fifth Budget speech and said "no one will have to buy an annuity" in the future.

The tax-free allowance - already set to rise to £10,000 this April - will be further increased to £10,500 from next year, George Osborne has announced in the Budget.

The amount of money that can be put in to Junior ISA has been raised to £4,000 in today's Budget.

Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a "dramatic" change in the ISA system in today's Budget.

Emergency services workers will no longer be subject to inheritance tax (IHT) on their death, it has been announced in the Budget.

People looking to establish tax avoidance schemes will have to pay due taxes to HMRC upfront before applying to get it back through the courts, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

Chancellor George Osborne has said an independent Scotland would be £1,000 worse off per person if it was to split apart from the UK.

The UK's borrowings have fallen to £95bn in 2014/15, undercutting previous expectations, the Chancellor has said.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has raised its forecast for UK economic growth this year as the recovery continues to gather pace.

The level of returns on offer from equity markets this year may disappoint investors, according to Threadneedle UK Equity Income managers Leigh Harrison and Richard Colwell.