25 NOVEMBER 1989, page 28

. . . Bonds For Savers, Too

WE NEED the private shareholder — but what about the private bondholder? Why not tap his savings, too? The building societies know how, with their neatly packaged offers and......

Shares For Savers . . .

TAX changes, though needed, can only go part of the way towards a Budget for savings. To channel savings into com- panies, we need structural changes too. Some are simple. Any......

Under Starter's Orders

ONE reform Mr Major should institute at once. His brilliant but perverse predeces- sor insisted on staging his Budget in Cheltenham week, as a rival attraction to the Champion......

Rolling Over

THE Chancellor's prompters, in the wings at the Treasury, scratch their heads. Can they take him through the old scripts again? Another speech in praise of high interest rates......

City And Suburban

Looking for the saving grace in John Major's Budget CHRISTOPHER FILDES J ohn Major, with his autumn statement off his chest, starts to plan his first Budget amid expectations......