Last year the government revealed new proposals for funding long-term care. At the time, much was made of the point at which someone needing to pay their care costs in full increasing to £100,000 and the overall cap on care costs being £86,000. The Government made out as if this fulfilled its manifesto promise that
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A recent study promoting buying annuities has received some attention in the press. An annuity is where you exchange some or all the money in your pension for an income. The company you buy it off will pay this income for as long as you live. You can also have the income linked to inflation
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Some are lucky enough to be awarded shares in the company they work for. Companies can reward their staff with actual shares or options that they can exercise sometime in the future. What is the difference between shares and options? Shares and options have different uses and benefits. These include how they are taxed. It
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