Tag Archives: Telegraph

Harry Scoffin told you leaseholders would be shafted and he was right

Posted on August 26, 2026 by henry tapper

Here’s the Telegraph this weekend Desperate developers offer freebies to offload luxury flats Buyers on one North London estate promised £40,000 in private school fees Maya Wilson Published 21 August 2026 Developers are battling against a ‘bottleneck’ of completed new-build stock … Continue reading →

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Here’s the political Tom McPhail – is he the Tory counter to Torsten Bell?

Posted on August 23, 2026 by henry tapper

The Conservatives have a new financial spokesperson . He’s articulate and he speaks good sense to those who read him in the Times and Telegraph. Tom is a voice for those who have money or who aspire to be wealthy. … Continue reading →

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Tom McPhail’s tirade against the escalating cost of regulation from quangos.

Posted on July 25, 2026 by henry tapper

It was not good news to read that the amount that pensions will pay to be regulated will be increasing by up to 9% next year. I told myself I shouldn’t write about this but of course I didn’t because … Continue reading →

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Can Reeves get her money back by taxing our pensions?

Posted on June 14, 2025 by henry tapper

  For the first time in a while I have good things to say about the Telegraph’s reporting on pensions. Rob White is right to point out that with restrictions on raising income tax, the Chancellor might choose to go … Continue reading →

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Mr Farage taps the banks for £35bn – as predicted on this blog.

Posted on June 10, 2024 by henry tapper

Edi Truell tells me that a few weeks back, he sat next to Andrew Bailey and Nick Lyons and suggested to the Guvnor he might like to divert some of his discretionary interest payments made on the QE debt to … Continue reading →

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“Your retirement salary” – the pension best seller.

Posted on April 28, 2019 by henry tapper

How to use your lifetime of pension savings to pay yourself an income in your retirement   Richard Dyson & Richard Evans, the Daily Telegraph’s senior personal finance journalists, have written a book. I like the title “Your retirement salary” … Continue reading →

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The Transparency Zeitgeist is upon us

Posted on May 21, 2016 by henry tapper

I am a frugal man, the £3.50 I paid for this morning’s FT was grudgingly passed to my newsagent. But I wanted to capture the headline and read about Josephine’s reporting of a meeting with my friends Andy Agethangelou and … Continue reading →

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Let the canny worm lie?

Posted on February 8, 2016 by henry tapper

The problem with cans of worms is that the cans degrade and in the end the worms get out, and cause a stink. Over the weekend, the Telegraph that acts as a professional “worm can opener” has been turning its … Continue reading →

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Our parents’ houses.

Posted on June 2, 2015 by henry tapper

property, downsizing, home, residence, sheltered housing, family, children, grandchildren Continue reading →

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Doctors are pension millionaires – so why are they striking?

Posted on May 30, 2012 by henry tapper

My Dad’s a doctor and in retirement – he has a great pension  and who can begrudge him it? He retired 25 years ago as a senior partner – on about one third of the final salary he’s be on today. Like him, I … Continue reading →

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