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OPG (Office of the Public Guardian) increase their fees for the registration of a Lasting Powers of Attorney - November 2025
The Office of the Public Guardian announced in the summer 2025 that their fees for registering a single Lasting Powers of Attorney will increase from £82 to £92 with effect from 17th November 2025.
The 50% reduction for donor's whose income is less than £12,000 still applies - i.e. they pay £46 per LPA registration - subject to the appropriate evidence being supplied to the OPG.
LPAs are powerful documents that every adult should put into place. Our guide 'Why you should make your LPA now' highlights the risks of not doing so.
Only 37% of Adults Have Made Their Will - Autumn 2025
According to findings by the National Will Register annual National Wills Report 2025 only some 37% of adults in the UK have written their Will - down from 53% in the previous year. This is from 2000 respondents.
Personally, I feel the large variation casts a question mark over the Report's conclusion - for either this year, or last year, or even both years - as the drop is huge and would imply that there have been millions of deaths this year.
However, what is not disputed is that there is a significant number of adults in the UK who do not have a valid, up-to-date Will - which leaves their surviving family members vulnerable. Our guide 'Why you should make your Will' provides insight into this topic.
Pension funds to be added to your estate for IHT Calculation Purposes - Autumn 2024
In the Autumn Budget 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that wef April 2027 some types of unused pension funds will be deemed part of your estate for inheritance tax purposes.
Agricultural land and business assets to be added to your estate for IHT Calculation Purposes - Autumn 2024
In the Autumn Budget 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that wef April 2026 BPR and APR will be capped at £1mn.
Organ donation - Spring 2020.
Prior to Spring 2020 you had to give your consent for your organs to be donated for the benefit of others. With effect from Spring 2020 you consent is assumed given unless you specifically opt out on the organ donation website. If you want to opt out you must register. Goto:
Once you have opted in/out you should tell your executors and your family of your choice.
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