Here are some of the key points from the Chancellor’s Budget Nov 2017 announcements today:

Financial Planners have reacted with relief that pensions were largely left untouched by the Chancellor in today’s Budget and were broadly positive on some of the moves to help first time buyers.

The family of pensions legend Mike Morrison, who died suddenly in early November aged 55, have seen their fund raising campaign set up in his memory top £10,000 in just three weeks.

Chancellor Philip Hammond MP has doubled the annual investment limit for Enterprise Investment Schemes from £1m to £2m, as long as those schemes are hi-tech ‘knowledge-intensive companies.’

One of the most surprising and significant tax cutting moves in today’s Budget by Chancellor Philip Hammond was his decision to help younger house buyers by axing stamp duty on the first £300,000 of purchase price.

Chancellor Philip Hammond froze the annual subscription limit on ISAs at £20,000 in his Budget today after several years of rises.

Here is the Chancellor's speech delivered in the House of Commons today for his November 2017 Budget. The speech lasted just over 1 hour.

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Paul Walter, a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited (BAML) bond trader, £60,090 for “engaging in market abuse.”

The FPSB, the global body for setting Certified Financial Planner standards, has elected Cary List CFP, President and CEO of Canada’s Financial Planning professional body, to serve as FPSB Council chairperson in 2018.

Chartered Financial Planner Amyr Rocha-Lima has joined Holland Hahn & Wills, a Financial Planner and wealth manager based in Hampton Wick, Surrey.