# Healey poised to overturn cut to cash Isa allowance in first budget

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/healey-poised-to-overturn-cut-to-cash-isa-allowance-in-first-budget/
- Published: 2026-10-28T09:55:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T10:38:55+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/oct/28/healey-poised-to-overturn-cut-to-cash-isa-allowance-in-first-budget
- Topics: Business, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Healey is expected to retain the £20,000 cash Isa allowance.
- Reeves had planned to cut it to £12,000 from April.
- The proposal has drawn support and criticism from finance industry figures.

## Summary

Chancellor John Healey is expected to use his first budget to abandon a planned reduction in the annual cash Isa allowance, keeping it at £20,000 rather than cutting it to £12,000 from April. The change would reverse Rachel Reeves’s policy, which aimed to encourage more investment in UK shares by limiting the tax-free savings allowance.

Healey is expected to favour financial education to encourage investment, while banks and building societies may welcome the decision because they rely on deposits to fund lending. Cash Isas are the UK’s most popular savings product and Isas offer tax-free interest, income and capital gains. Supporters of the reversal say the cut could have discouraged saving and raised mortgage rates; critics point to £26.1bn of cash Isa subscriptions last year and estimate restricting new contributions could bring in up to £610m a year in extra tax by 2032-33.

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