The lucky winner of the Blacktower Raffle was John Brinkworth from Reading. His prize was a voucher from Harrods worth £150
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Readers may remember the pension freedoms announced by George Osborne in 2014. These became effective on April the 6th this year. The fanfare accompanying the announcement and indeed subsequently is often set against the backdrop of pensioners sat in Daimlers or on Yachts having drawn all their money out and lavished it on some frivolous purchase.
The new Spanish budget came into force on 6 July. It was a long time in the making. At the end of May Spanish parliament finally approved the government’s 2018 budget following support from the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), bringing to an end fears that the long-delayed budget would ever receive the required level of support, particularly in light of the delicate situation in Catalonia.