FINANCIAL TIMES|SaturdayFebruary22 /SundayFebruary232020

Merryn returns!

Why everyone is

so angry about

pensions

Money BACK PAGE

How to ‘do the splits’

on your mortgage

Borrowers seeking greater flexibility ask

brokers to split the differencePAGES6&7

Inside

IHow a few pounds on your

pension could trigger a tax bill

HMRC guidance on a long-running

pensions equalisation claim could

affect members of private sector final

salary schemes in the 1990s.

Thousands could face extra tax if

compensation payments trigger the

lifetime allowance —PAGE 3

IBlow for savers as 175,000

Premium Bond prizes axed

In a bruising week for savers, National

Savings & Investments announced it

would prune Premium Bonds prizes

from May, as interest rates were cut

on two of the UK’s top easy access

accounts and inflation rose to its

highest level in six months —PAGE 4

IThe puzzling logic of

managing our money

Bobby Seagull loves quizzing, but one

puzzle that has him stumped is why

people love to compartmentalise their

cash. From savings pots and

budgeting envelopes to the inefficient

use of children’s savings accounts, he

explores some solutions —PAGE 8

Claer Barrett and guests debate what’s not

to like about Instagram’s growing finance

communityFT.com/moneyshow

FT Money Podcast

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