Paul lewis

Explaining the situation if you contribute more than your relevant allowance

Simply put, a pension is what you save for as an income during your retirement – so now is the time to make the most of what you can expect with our handy tips and tricks...

Q How does a Junior ISA work and what are the advantages and disadvantages of opening one? Junior Individual Savings Accounts are long-term, tax-free savings accounts for children. In this 2025/2026 t

Young people can get up to £1,000 from the government each year towards buying their first home by putting their savings in a Lifetime Individual Savings Account (LISA or Lifetime ISA). For the majori

What are wealth taxes? Taxes that make you pay a levy based on your assets – typically your net wealth – rather than your income from work. Such taxes used to be far more common globally than they are

Annuities are popular, and rates are good — but do shop around, advises Paul Lewis