Today marks the start of the new financial year, and with it, an overhaul of the tax system which means workers' take-home from this month on will change.
The 2011/12 tax year starts today, meaning everyone gets a new tax-free cash Isa allowance. But don't delay using it as it every day you stall you're losing interest.
We are in the thick of the cash Isa season with providers all feverishly competing for your money before the deadline to use this year's allowance closes next week.
Chancellor George Osborne said today that he will cut income tax in a year by increasing the personal allowance but he will implement an effective tax hike from then on.
Public sector workers should be stripped of their final salary pensions and instead have schemes linked to average earnings, a Government-commissioned report recommends today.
10 March 2011
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