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‘Disappointing Budget’ does not encourage savers to use Isas

March 13, 2008 by admin  
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The new Budget from Alistair Darling is “disappointing” as it does not encourage savers to use Individual Savings Accounts (Isas), one financial expert has claimed.

According to Nationwide, the Chancellor could have gone further in promoting the product to consumers by ensuring that they were more flexible, and index-linking them to inflation.

A spokesman for the company said: “Additionally, we would have liked to have seen the Chancellor introduce a withdrawal buffer that allows savers to make withdrawals and replenish their Isa within the same tax year, as this would particularly help people on lower incomes.”

The firm said it hoped that Mr Darling would do more to re-evaluate the Isa system in future budgets to try and encourage consumers to make full use of their Isa allowance and embrace the tax-efficient benefits they bring.

Meanwhile, according to the Daily Telegraph, recent research from Lloyds TSB revealed millions of savers are missing out on tax-free interest as nine in ten Brits fail to make the most of their individual Isa allowances.

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