Jeff Prestridge

While we will have to wait until October 28 for all the awful nitty-gritty contained in John Healey's inaugural Budget to be made public, Labour's attack on the strivers and the prudent is already in overdrive.

The Prime Minister is on the road this month, travelling the length and breadth of the UK in an attempt to reconnect his Labour government with the disillusioned British public. Fat chance there.

Over the past 40 years, I've learnt a lot about investing effectively. Some of the lessons have been financially painful ones - for example, selling at a loss investments I should never have bought.

For the past year, financial experts have warned of a stock market crash triggered by the popping of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) bubble.

Many women were hit hard in the pocket as a result of the change - and left with little time to plug the hole in their finances.

I was spitting blood after after I read the latest research issued by the Left-wing (and Labour-loving) Institute for Public Policy Research titled 'Taxing Times'.

Readers, the end is nigh. No, I'm not talking about Putin's threat to launch military strikes on our country's defence facilities. No, I'm talking about the triple lock on pensions.

Although stock market turbulence may be a feature in the coming weeks and months, it's key you keep funding your pension and Isa on a regular basis.

For income-seekers, venture capital trusts can provide a rich seam of tax-free dividends to complement income from other sources such as pensions and Isas.

There should be good news this week about the state pension which will delight those in receipt of it, especially pensioners struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis.