Looming on the horizon are some most unwelcome changes in the way that UK taxpayers will have to report and pay for capital gains tax (CGT) on residential properties in the future.

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is reminding employers that from 6 April 2019, the amount that will need to be paid into a workplace pension will increase to an overall minimum of 8%, with employers contributing at least 3% of this total amount.

While gender parity may have been achieved on paper - since 2010, women's pension age has been gradually rising from 60, where it has been set since the 1940s, to equalise with men - retirement outcomes remain shockingly unequal.

The Chancellor left capital gains tax (CGT) broadly unchanged in the 2018 budget but has tweaked rules on tax relief for entrepreneurs by extending the qualifying period of the tax break from 12 months to two years, with the aim of encouraging longer-term investment in British business.

When you sell a property, you may have to pay capital gains tax (CGT) if you have let it out.

The borrowing costs of UK households and businesses may rise in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Bank of England has warned.

Pensioners have cashed in a record £5.

Many breathed a sigh of relief after the Budget announcements, given that the widely expected tax rises to pay for the NHS did not materialise.

Higher earners have six months left to take advantage of a quirk in the pension rules that allows them to double up on their tax relief.

After a grim October, markets around the world appear to have stabilised a touch, primarily on the back of growing optimism around the US/China trade dispute.

The third quarter of 2018 showed mixed results for global stock markets.