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Includes how to buy and sell shares and what you should think about before you invest.
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Stocks and shares ISAs offer the possibility of higher returns than cash ISAs, but only if you're happy to take some risks with your savings. Former Personal Equity Plans (PEPs) were automatically transferred into stocks and shares ISAs.
This leaflet explains what might happen to your entitlement to contribution-based, earnings-related and means-tested state benefits, tax credits and work related payments if you buy shares offered by your employer through a Share Incentive Plan.