
Charlotte Gifford
Charlotte Gifford is a senior money reporter covering tax and investments. She was named Investment Journalist of the Year at the 2025 Headlinemoney awards, and was previously a journalist for Which? Money magazine. She can be reached at charlotte.gifford@telegraph.co.uk / @charlotte_giff
Millionairess declares Kent castle ‘micronation’ in protest against high-tax Britain
Self-styled monarch says recent changes to non-dom rules will force her to move overseas

How the Chancellor could raise money without taxing the wealthy
Singling out high earners isn’t the cash-spinner Reeves may think it is

AI may cause the next global stock market crash – here’s how it could play out
Tech stock investment surge has uncomfortable echoes of the 1990s dotcom boom

Number of families in scope of inheritance tax could triple by 2027
Chancellor’s pension grab could drag more than five million into the death duty net

Record number of NHS staff using ‘retire and return’ after pension rule change
Thousands more health workers access generous scheme in wake of reforms

How thousands of Gordon Brown’s child trust funds completely lost their worth
Baby bonds were supposed to be a ‘real financial asset’ for children turning 18. What happened?

Hargreaves Lansdown defies FCA U-turn to warn investors against crypto
Britain’s biggest stockbroker says cryptocurrencies have no place in growth or income portfolios

The UK inheritance tax seven-year rule explained
Understand the UK inheritance tax seven-year rule to shelter as much of your wealth for your family as possible

‘St James’s Place didn’t look after our money – we want £200k compensation’
Couple lambast ‘abysmal’ complaints process after two-year wait for answers

Private healthcare and children’s clothes: How Reeves could target VAT
Chancellor could hit households with tax rises without raising the headline rate

HMRC rakes in record £107m in landlord crackdown
Greater powers to claw back underpaid bills spark rise in tax takings

‘Hargreaves Lansdown froze my disabled son’s account without warning’
Our reader is frustrated after a failed electronic ID check led to sudden restrictions

Five lesser-known quirks of Britain’s most valuable inheritance tax loophole
Telegraph Money explains the gifts from surplus income exemption to keep more of your money from HMRC

Why the golden age of retirement is over for French workers
The country lurches into crisis as every attempt at reform throws it into head-on conflict

The mortgage scandal that left pensioners ‘trapped’ with million-pound debts
Homeowners unable to sell as ‘sickening’ equity release debts skyrocket

Older homeowners unlock £636m from their properties to avoid inheritance tax
Over-55s forced to borrow against their homes following Rachel Reeves’s Budget reforms

‘We’re about to be wiped out’: why investment clubs face extinction
Members sitting on six-figure portfolios fear losing a vital service – as well as attracting big tax bills

Savers pull £18bn from pensions ahead of inheritance tax raid
‘Unprecedented’ number of workers access tax-free lump sums as Rachel Reeves’s Budget looms

30,000 homes fitted with faulty insulation under government-backed scheme
Households at risk of mould and damp after ‘systemic failures’ within green energy drive

HMRC opens investigation into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs
Deputy Prime Minister under pressure to explain property arrangements after dodging £40k stamp duty bill

Eight ways to legally avoid inheritance tax in 2025
Inheritance tax thresholds are catching more families than ever – at huge cost

