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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julia Kollewe

Lifetime Isas ‘could lead to savers making poor investment choices’, MPs say

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Lifetime Isas allow people to save towards their first home or for their retirement. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Lifetime Isas could lead to savers making poor investment decisions and may not be the best use of public money, a cross-party committee of MPs has said.

In a report published on Monday, the Treasury select committee described rules which penalise benefit claimants as “nonsensical” and concluded that lifetime Isas, known as Lisas, may have been mis-sold to savers eligible for universal credit or housing benefit.

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