The Conservatives are promising “tougher regulation of tax advisory firms” if they win power again.

The PFS says delays and confusion over funding has forced it to cut the number of apprentices entering the first phase of its new financial adviser development programme.

The Government has this morning effectively put on ice the planned cuts to the Money Purchase Annual Allowance.

An increase to probate fees which was branded by critics as a “stealth death tax” has become one of the early victims of the snap election.