Don't let Budget announcements distract clients from the long view

"UK consumers must consider the long-term perspective"

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Following the Government's Spring Budget last month and the end of support for energy bills, The Exeter's head of protection distribution, Jamie Page, reviews why protection serves a crucial role in the long-term financial security of consumers.

For most who tuned in to the recent Spring Budget, it will have been of little surprise that measures to ease the cost of living crisis were again a hot topic. Across the UK, people continue to feel the sting of multiple rises in bills, whether for heating, mortgage repayments, monthly rent or council tax hikes.  However, advisers with an eye on the long-term will understand that the measures announced are no silver bullet when so many other everyday costs are rising. A three-month extension to the energy price guarantee offers short-term respite with June just around the corner, w...

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