Britain's biggest building society is urging the Government to use next month's Budget to double the amount hard-pressed savers can place into cash Isas.
More than 40% of local authorities across England will increase council tax bills, despite Government calls to freeze them, a survey has revealed today.
Bills for long-term public and private care in old age are to be capped at £75,000 in England, in a £1 billion move to be funded by dragging more people into the inheritance tax net.