Piggy bank lessons at school

Just when you thought the State had already taken over parents’ roles completely…
Children as young as five will receive lessons on managing their piggy banks as a means of improving financial responsibility among the public.
From what I remember of my childhood, the whole savings thing involved the entire family. Receiving money, putting it in a [...]

Shock: some people still have savings! Labour needs to tax them more.

A bizarre headline on LabourList yesterday read, “Only around 30% of households have savings – Labour has to stand up for the majority.”
It sounded like it might now be a crime to have savings, so I investigated further. It seems that some people are still financially independent and that even some of the middle classes [...]