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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Jones

Is the lifetime Isa no longer fit for purpose?

screenshot of the Gov.uk Lifetime Isa page as seen through a magnifying
Under lifetime Isa rules, the property you buy must be £450,000 or less – the same cap since April 2017, despite average UK house prices rising by more than a third since then. Photograph: Louisa Svensson/Alamy

It appears to be proving a hit with millennials and generation Z but has also come under fire for the “unfair” sting in its tail. The lifetime Isa is a scheme that helps people save towards their first home or for their retirement – its big selling point is the free cash you get from the government: up to £32,000 in theory.

But the way the scheme works penalises some people, and the consumer champion Martin Lewis is among those who have called for an urgent revamp.

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