{"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/6a178021942fd18754d64375?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Westminster watch: politics, pensions and paraplanners","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63d6635d45284700118ac9cf/1779927708637-28677120-3f4f-4348-bc59-bc077a420f4b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Host Leanne Pickering from Pivotal Paraplanning is joined by James Jones-Tinsley, self-invested pensions technical specialist at Barnett Waddingham, to catch up on what's been happening in Parliament and politics and what it means in practice for paraplanners and their clients.</p><p>They cover the:</p><ul><li>local election results</li><li>state opening of Parliament</li><li>new Enhancing Financial Services Bill</li><li>Pension Schemes Act 2026 and the salary sacrifice changes due in April 2029; and</li><li>HMRC technical note on IHT and pensions – including what's still unclear and why that's causing real headaches for estates that need to be settled within six months of death.</li></ul><p>There's also a discussion about what a change in Labour leadership might mean for the pensions landscape, and whether the IHT on pensions rules could yet change before April 2027.</p><p>If you've been keeping one eye on the news and another on a client's estate plan, this one's well worth your time.</p>","author_name":"Paraplanners' Assembly"}