Jeff Prestridge

The axeing of the winter fuel payment for nearly 10 million elderly people is one of the most despicable acts I have ever witnessed from a government – blue or red –since I began reporting on personal finance issues 35 years ago.

If there is one tax Labour will ramp up in the Budget, my money is on capital gains tax (CGT). So if you own a business, buy-to-let property or an investment portfolio be aware what could be coming your way.

If there is one tax that Labour will ramp up in next month's Budget, my money is on capital gains tax.

The investment trust Rockwood Strategic is a rare breed: A fund that buys some of the UK's smallest listed stocks whose shares are bombed out in the expectation of them bouncing back.

How disgraceful of the BBC to help Labour defend its decision to strip winter fuel payments from 10million pensioners, with its broadcasts 'revealing' details of the inflation-busting pension rise.

For the big defence companies in the UK, Europe, and the United States, it is bonanza time. We asked experts to identify defence-related stocks investors should consider.

Inheritance tax could jump through the proverbial roof if Labour carries out its expected assault on inherited wealth in next month's Budget.

It's the financial equivalent of watching on repeat Wes Craven's 1984 horror film A Nightmare On Elm Street. Labour is gunning for our hard-earned pension funds.

Joint-manager Evy Hambro is encouraged by signs that the ­government in China is targeting five per cent economic growth this year.

I am told by various banking moles that cash machine network Link will announce on Wednesday 15 locations where new banking hubs will be launched. Hurrah.