Nationwide: Savings reform needed by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 21/12/07

Inequality in children's savings should be tackled to create it fairer to those who do not meet the criteria for child trust funds (CTFs), a building civilization saysNationwide says there are about ten million children in the UK who are too old to qualify for a CTF and too young to put aside in an individual savings account (Isa)This means parents frequently paying into their child's investments account could be landed with a tax bill for thousands, the society claimsMatthew transporter, director for savings at Nationwide, supposed: "We are encouraged by the government's promise to CTFs; however they are ignoring ten million other children who are not entitled by not addressing this tax disparity

"He suggested that the government should allow children to save as much as those with a CTF via their ordinary savings accountscountrywide called for improvements to be made to the

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