Nobody wants to lie awake at night worrying about whether the dividends on their shares are about to be cut. We've searched the FTSE 350 for rock solid companies with payouts so reliable you can just buy the shares and forget about them. I don't suppose the Chancellor has been suffering any sleepless nights this week over pasty-gate, following his decision to subject hot food sold in retail outlets to VAT. He might have done if he had taken a far more radical step, one which our property correspondent Stephen Wilmot argues has "clear and obvious logic, both economic and social". He suggests that George Osborne should radically reform Britain's illogical system of property taxes, by closing the CGT exemption on primary homes and by taxing home ownership. Do you agree? Read Stephen's argument and add your views. Elsewhere Mark Robinson reports on exploration developments in East Africa, Maike Currie reports on the risks that come with income drawdown, and reminds investors of Isa application deadlines. Julian Hofmann updates our view on AstraZeneca in light of the company's recent drifting while Mark Glowrey explains how the yield curve can be useful to bond investors.
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