Halifax: Isa savings allowance rise 'good for savers'

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Halifax: Isa savings allowance rise 'good for savers'

Halifax yesterday welcomed yesterday's announcement that Isa allowances will be raised from April 2008 in line with inflation.

From next year, customers will be able to invest £3,600 into a cash Isa, which Mike Regnier, head of savings at Halifax, said was a "welcome move".

However, he intimated that the overall Isa allowance should also have been raised from £7,000 to £7,200 in April 2008.

"If the total Isa allowance had risen in line with inflation, savers would now be able to invest around £8,500 per year, free of tax," Mr Regnier said.

Introduced by the government in 1999, consumers were formally allowed to invest a maximum of £3,000 in a cash Isa.

Last month the group announced it would be introducing a four-year fixed-rate Halifax Isa.

On a minimum investment of £3,000, the Halifax Isa pays a competitive six per cent interest compared to the previous 5.5 per cent.

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