The last two months have been a highly eventful time with the general election producing Britain's first hung parliament since 1974 and first coalition government since 1945.
As a result, what might have been expected in terms of the transition of manifesto pledges into policy action has been called into question, as the deal between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats has not only involved both sides dropping some policies, but also new approaches being mooted on some areas. This has, of course, meant that there has been uncertainty about the detail of some policies.
Those keen to know how all this has affected savings policy may get more of a clue from 17:00 tomorrow (June 29th), when financial secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban MP addresses the all-party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions.
Indeed, co-hosts of the event the Association of British Credit Unions Limited (Abcul) described the occasion as "an opportunity to learn about the year's achievements in the credit union sector and to hear from the new government on the progress of legislative reforms and where it sees credit unions in its plans for the future of financial services", with these coming under Mr Hoban's brief.
For those looking to ensure they save in the best way possible, the balance of how credit unions and all kinds of other ways of saving can help different people to put more money away for the future could be critical in safeguarding their finances in the longer-term. What sort of thinking the coalition has developed on the issue may be more apparent tomorrow evening.
Some policies adopted in the coalition's programme for government are now a mix of ideas from the two parties, a point made in the document's foreword by David Cameron and Nick Clegg which said there are some areas where the thinking of their two parties has been "stronger combined". From tomorrow, it may be clearer how much stronger credit unions will be made by the coalition.
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