Saving

Savers using the new Lifetime ISA (LISA) won't be charged the 25% penalty for withdrawing money which isn't put towards a first home or retirement in the first year of the scheme, the Government has announced.

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The Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a new three-year Government-backed investment bond open to everyone aged 16 or over in today's Autumn Statement. The bond will launch in spring 2017.

You'll be able to earn up to £11,500 a year without paying a penny of tax from next April, Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed.

Older savers who carry on putting money in a pension after withdrawing cash from it face new curbs on the sums they can invest.

Renters will no longer be charged fees by lettings agents in England and Wales, under new rules unveiled by the Government today. But it remains to be seen whether the costs are diverted back to tenants in the form of increased rents.

The Bank of England is set to restore the savings protection limit to £85,000 per institution.

A ban on "cowboy" cold-callers who target savers' pension pots will be proposed by the Government this week – though the ban won't initially cover texts and emails.

Anyone wanting to open a Lifetime ISA will be first made fully aware of how the product works and how much it will cost to make early withdrawals, under proposals by the financial regulator.