A growing number of UK parents are paying into pensions their children cannot touch until at least 57, betting on six decades of compounding and a tax system that stays broadly favourable.
The triple lock now costs around £15.5bn a year more than expected, and ministers are openly weighing whether to trade it for a national care service, which makes the assumptions in your own retirement forecast worth revisiting.
A closer look at seven costs a limited company can legitimately cover, from mobile phones and trivial gifts to executive income protection, and the conditions that make each relief work.
For self-employed earners above £50,000, confusing the marginal tax rate with the effective rate is one of the most common and costly mistakes in UK personal finance planning.