Last safe haven for savers under threat

ISAs on the whole are a sturdy place to keep your money and unlike their cousins the pension, the taxman has always kept away from tinkering with this failsafe wrapper. Until now, that is.

Not content with allowing cash ISA rates to plummet to pitiful levels, there is word on the block that the taxman wants to encroach on this sacred, tax-free hiding place for the little money people have to save these days.