Alliance & Leicester and Santander's top paying easy access Flexible ISA has now completely closed to new customers, even earlier than previously expected.
The current easy access best buy cash ISA - the Flexible ISA from sister banks Alliance & Leicester and Santander - is closing its doors early for the 2009-10 tax year.
The average pocket money rate for some families has finally hit the £1,000 a year level, according to a poll of 11,000 parents. This puts it only just below gas and electricity bills in a family's expenditure.