{"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/6a98a98ea389b713ae894c3b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Westminster Watch: Burnham, budgets and by-elections","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63d6635d45284700118ac9cf/1788389943654-c542b00c-3ee1-48c9-b610-ab6bd8aa25a3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In their regular quarterly political catch-up, host Leanne Pickering from <a href=\"https://www.pivotalparaplanning.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pivotal Paraplanning</a> and self-invested pensions technical specialist at <a href=\"https://www.barnett-waddingham.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Barnett Waddingham</a> (soon to be called Howden), James Jones-Tinsley, to chat about political goings on over Parliament’s summer recess, and what paraplanners should look out for in the new Parliamentary session.</p><p>Their conversation covers:</p><ul><li>Andy Burnham’s by-election win and rise to become the UK’s new Prime Minister</li><li>Ministerial appointments in Burnham’s first Cabinet reshuffle including the arrival of John Healey as Chancellor of the Exchequer</li><li>The Clacton by-election and what Reform's result there might tell us about the wider picture</li><li>The run-up to the 28 October Budget – including possible changes to capital gains tax and a windfall tax on oil companies or banks; and</li><li>Gaps left in HMRC's technical guidance on IHT and pensions – and the pressure that puts on personal representatives</li></ul><p>Leanne and James also discuss whether the new Prime Minister might call a snap election, and whether the IHT on pensions rules could yet change before April 2027.</p><p>So if you like to keep half an eye on Westminster, this one's well worth your time.</p>","author_name":"Paraplanners' Assembly"}