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Metro
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- Entertainment
- Metro
Brian Cox, 79, cancels national tour after being ‘very busy and tired'
Actor Brian Cox has postponed his upcoming national tour just weeks before it was due to begin. The 79-year-old Succession star was set to launch his 18-date one-man show – It's All About Me! – on 1 October at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton. Cox told BBC Newscast his busy year and packed schedule have left him 'tired' and unprepared for the tour. He said: 'I just thought I'll do it some time, [October is] just too soon.' He also confirmed that he going to take his new film Glenrothan – the first he has directed – to the Toronto Film Festival next month, further filling up his schedule. 'It's been very busy and I just thought 'I can't be doing it,'' he said. The tour would have also included stops at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich on October 3 and the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea on October 20. Recently, Cox has been busy performing in Make it Happen in Edinburgh. The new musical explores the real-life drama of the Royal Bank of Scotland and the government bailout after its collapse, with Cox playing founder of free market economics, Adam Smith. The news follows Cox – who first performed in Edinburgh with the Royal Lyceum Theatre company in 1965 – speaking out about the modern state of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. At a UK Government gathering of cultural leaders at the recently revamped Filmhouse cinema, actor Brian Cox used the launch of a new partnership between the Scotland Office and the Fringe Society to call for a practical overhaul of Edinburgh's world-famous festivals. 'I sort of find myself in a really weird position,' Cox admitted, according to The Herald. 'Everybody's talking about art. I want to talk about practical matters — about how we coordinate everything.' While he acknowledged that 'chaos' has always been part of the charm of both the Fringe and the International Festival, he warned that the lack of coordination between the two was undermining their success. More Trending 'The problem about chaos is it's chaotic,' he said, pointing to competing box offices and fragmented scheduling as major issues. 'There needs to be greater coordination, just practically, in order to make things function properly,' Cox argued. 'The charm is in the work — how we see the work, and how people pay for the work. At the moment, half the charm of Edinburgh is its chaos, but that's only half the charm.' He urged organisers to 'think of a way of really coordinating events a bit more than we do so we can practically deal with stuff that is a little impractical at the moment. It's just not good enough, quite frankly. Bugger the art — I'm really worried about bringing it all together properly, without chaos or chaoticness.' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. View More » MORE: 'A random woman slid into my DMs – turns out she was my mum' MORE: Harriet Kemsley took me back to her hotel room at the Edinburgh Fringe MORE: Netflix's Cat Cohen had a stroke age 30 and it's a surprisingly hilarious story
Evening Standard
01-07-2025
- Business
- Evening Standard
Any cut to cash Isa allowance ‘may not prompt savers to boost their investments'
In an interview broadcast on BBC Newscast, the Chancellor was asked whether, in a few years' time, someone would be able to put a whole £20,000 per year into an Isa, as they are able to do now.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rachel Reeves says £20,000 annual Isa limit will stay
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed she does not plan to reduce the £20,000 limit on the amount that can be put into Isas each year. In an interview broadcast on BBC Newscast, Ms Reeves was asked whether if, in a few years' time, someone would be able to put a whole £20,000 per year into an Isa, as they are able to do now. Ms Reeves told the BBC: 'First of all, very few people are able to save £20,000 a year… we still want people to be able to save and I'm certainly not going to reduce that limit.' Several different types of account come under the umbrella of Isas, including those where people's money is held in cash, as well as stocks and shares Isas. Earlier this year, there was speculation that the idea of lowering the annual cash Isa allowance to £4,000, from £20,000, was being mooted, to encourage more people to put their money into investments. Several organisations, including building societies, pushed back against the idea. Treasury costings documents that were released with the spring statement assume the overall Isa limit of £20,000 remains in place up to and including 2029/30. Ms Reeves told the BBC: 'I'm not going to reduce the limit of what people can put into an Isa but I do want people to get better returns on their savings, whether that's in a pension or in their day-to-day savings. 'And at the moment, a lot of money is put into cash or bonds when it could be invested in equities, in stock markets and earn a better return for people. 'And so, one of the reasons why we're looking at advice and guidance that financial firms can give to their customers is to make sure that people are making informed decisions about how to invest their money, whether that's their pension savings, or their Isa savings. 'So those are things that we're looking at, but I absolutely want to preserve that £20,000 tax-free investment that people can make every year.' Commenting on the interview, Jason Hollands, managing director of online investment platform Bestinvest said: 'To get more people investing in equities requires a combination of better education, an appropriate regulatory environment so they can get the help they need in choosing a suitable investment, and the potential carrot of additional incentives.' He added that 'parts of the City' are 'pushing for an overhaul of stocks and shares Isas, urging the Chancellor to refocus these on UK equities to help revitalise the UK market'. He continued: 'Such arguments might appeal to a Chancellor keen to see increased investment in UK domestic assets, but if she is minded to do this then we would urge a carrot rather than a stick-based approach. 'A mandated limit on overseas investment within Isas would reduce flexibility and returns for savers, and it would be unlikely to drive more people to invest.' Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Western Telegraph
20-05-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Rachel Reeves says £20,000 annual Isa limit will stay
In an interview broadcast on BBC Newscast, Ms Reeves was asked whether if, in a few years' time, someone would be able to put a whole £20,000 per year into an Isa, as they are able to do now. Ms Reeves told the BBC: 'First of all, very few people are able to save £20,000 a year… we still want people to be able to save and I'm certainly not going to reduce that limit.' Several different types of account come under the umbrella of Isas, including those where people's money is held in cash, as well as stocks and shares Isas. Earlier this year, there was speculation that the idea of lowering the annual cash Isa allowance to £4,000, from £20,000, was being mooted, to encourage more people to put their money into investments. I absolutely want to preserve that £20,000 tax-free investment that people can make every year Chancellor Rachel Reeves Several organisations, including building societies, pushed back against the idea. Treasury costings documents that were released with the spring statement assume the overall Isa limit of £20,000 remains in place up to and including 2029/30. Ms Reeves told the BBC: 'I'm not going to reduce the limit of what people can put into an Isa but I do want people to get better returns on their savings, whether that's in a pension or in their day-to-day savings. 'And at the moment, a lot of money is put into cash or bonds when it could be invested in equities, in stock markets and earn a better return for people. 'And so, one of the reasons why we're looking at advice and guidance that financial firms can give to their customers is to make sure that people are making informed decisions about how to invest their money, whether that's their pension savings, or their Isa savings. 'So those are things that we're looking at, but I absolutely want to preserve that £20,000 tax-free investment that people can make every year.' Commenting on the interview, Jason Hollands, managing director of online investment platform Bestinvest said: 'To get more people investing in equities requires a combination of better education, an appropriate regulatory environment so they can get the help they need in choosing a suitable investment, and the potential carrot of additional incentives.' He added that 'parts of the City' are 'pushing for an overhaul of stocks and shares Isas, urging the Chancellor to refocus these on UK equities to help revitalise the UK market'. He continued: 'Such arguments might appeal to a Chancellor keen to see increased investment in UK domestic assets, but if she is minded to do this then we would urge a carrot rather than a stick-based approach. 'A mandated limit on overseas investment within Isas would reduce flexibility and returns for savers, and it would be unlikely to drive more people to invest.'
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rachel Reeves says £20,000 annual Isa limit will stay
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed she does not plan to reduce the £20,000 limit on the amount that can be put into Isas each year. In an interview broadcast on BBC Newscast, Ms Reeves was asked whether if, in a few years' time, someone would be able to put a whole £20,000 per year into an Isa, as they are able to do now. Ms Reeves told the BBC: 'First of all, very few people are able to save £20,000 a year… we still want people to be able to save and I'm certainly not going to reduce that limit.' Several different types of account come under the umbrella of Isas, including those where people's money is held in cash, as well as stocks and shares Isas. Earlier this year, there was speculation that the idea of lowering the annual cash Isa allowance to £4,000, from £20,000, was being mooted, to encourage more people to put their money into investments. Several organisations, including building societies, pushed back against the idea. Treasury costings documents that were released with the spring statement assume the overall Isa limit of £20,000 remains in place up to and including 2029/30. Ms Reeves told the BBC: 'I'm not going to reduce the limit of what people can put into an Isa but I do want people to get better returns on their savings, whether that's in a pension or in their day-to-day savings. 'And at the moment, a lot of money is put into cash or bonds when it could be invested in equities, in stock markets and earn a better return for people. 'And so, one of the reasons why we're looking at advice and guidance that financial firms can give to their customers is to make sure that people are making informed decisions about how to invest their money, whether that's their pension savings, or their Isa savings. 'So those are things that we're looking at, but I absolutely want to preserve that £20,000 tax-free investment that people can make every year.' Commenting on the interview, Jason Hollands, managing director of online investment platform Bestinvest said: 'To get more people investing in equities requires a combination of better education, an appropriate regulatory environment so they can get the help they need in choosing a suitable investment, and the potential carrot of additional incentives.' He added that 'parts of the City' are 'pushing for an overhaul of stocks and shares Isas, urging the Chancellor to refocus these on UK equities to help revitalise the UK market'. He continued: 'Such arguments might appeal to a Chancellor keen to see increased investment in UK domestic assets, but if she is minded to do this then we would urge a carrot rather than a stick-based approach. 'A mandated limit on overseas investment within Isas would reduce flexibility and returns for savers, and it would be unlikely to drive more people to invest.'
