{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63d6635d45284700118ac9cf/6939b3400e4329eef0368477?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Budget reality versus Budget rumours: what actually happened?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63d6635d45284700118ac9cf/1765389097247-5141b8a0-b3c2-4857-8f3c-3aea84170e26.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Budget measures are often the subject of media speculation. But the level of attention in the run-up to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget statement on 26 November 2025 was unprecedented.</p><p><br></p><p>So did the reality match the hype?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>For our final Assembly of 2025, we invited Les Cameron from M&amp;G Wealth to join us and share his latest thoughts on what paraplanners need to know following Rachel Reeves’s statement.</p><p><br></p><p>Les covers a bunch of different topics that include:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Inheritance tax changes and business relief updates</li><li>Capital gains tax rates and allowances</li><li>ISA allowances</li><li>Pensions, IHT liability and the role of personal representatives</li><li>Salary sacrifice</li><li>Tax rates, bands and allowances</li><li>Beneficial ordering</li><li>The effect of fiscal drag (or ‘stealth taxes’)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Plus more besides. So if you want to catch up with what's been announced, what's changing, or what's staying the same, this is the Assembly for you.</p><p><br></p><h2>Assemblies featuring the M&amp;G technical team in 2025</h2><p>This is the fifth Assembly of the year featuring experts from M&amp;G Wealth's technical team. Here are the other four from 2025:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://paraplannersassembly.co.uk/event/les-cameron-on-pensions-death-and-taxes/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">February 2025 – Pensions, death and taxes (with Les)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://paraplannersassembly.co.uk/event/investment-bond-essentials-for-paraplanners/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">April 2025 – A guide to investment bond essentials for paraplanners (with Barrie Dawson)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://paraplannersassembly.co.uk/event/tax-wrappers-which-why-and-when/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">August 2025 – Tax wrappers: which, why and when? (with Neil Macleod)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://paraplannersassembly.co.uk/event/the-pension-iht-bombshell-has-landed-now-what/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">September 2025 – The pension IHT bombshell has landed – now what? (with Les)</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.mandg.com/wealth/adviser-services/tech-matters/events-and-cpd/paraplanners-assembly-2025-budget-reality\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CPD: Request your certificate</a></p><p><a href=\"https://paraplannersassembly.co.uk/app/uploads/2025/11/Autumn-Budget-2025_LES_271125.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Download: Les's slides</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.crowdcast.io/c/8ska55z0pkrz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the replay at Crowdcast (with chat)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/paraplanners-assembly/budget-reality-versus-budget-rumours-what-actually-happened\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the podcast episode&nbsp;</a></p>","author_name":"Paraplanners' Assembly"}