by David Dexter | Mar 29, 2013 | Latest News
The recent Budget announced by The Chancellor contained no new changes to Inheritance Tax. It only confirmed that there would be no increases in the tax free allowance of £325k per person until after 2017. This is a far cry from David Cameron’s original pledge...
by David Dexter | Feb 13, 2013 | Latest News
There is a saying that ‘All that glitters is not gold’ and the new proposals put forward by Jeremy Hunt yesterday appear to fall into this category. The Government is proposing to introduce legislation by 2017 which will cap the total paid by any person...
by David Dexter | Jan 18, 2013 | Latest News
A new report reveals that record numbers of pensioners are funding their own care fees. 57% of elderley care home residents-231000-are either fully or part funding their care home fees. This is higher than ever before. At the same time the fees are rapidly increasing...
by David Dexter | Nov 14, 2012 | Latest News
A report released today by the Local Government Information Unit warns that 1 in 4 pensioners who fund their own care fees will end up losing their home and almost all their savings. It states that as many as 40000 people who fund their own care fees will see their...
by David Dexter | Nov 6, 2012 | Latest News
A recent case in Staffordshire has highlighted the risks to family Executors of Wills . An early distribution of the Estate of her mother to members of the family, after meeting funeral costs , has resulted in a personal liability to the daughter . It resulted from...
by David Dexter | Oct 18, 2012 | Latest News
Reported in the Daily Mail on 17 October are details of a 90 year old who is being prevented from accessing his savings to pay his care fees by the Yorkshire Building Society who says it cannot recognise his signature. The elderly pensioner is still sound of mind and...
