In my last post I discussed just how awful the Lib Dems’ ideas are. I hadn’t heard of this one which the Telegraph has just warned about: Nick Clegg’s plans for VAT on new homes attacked.
The tax of between five and seven per cent would add up to £14,000 to the cost of buying an [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]