RE: Hargreaves Lansdown online dealing crashed25 Jan 2021 11:26
@SW16 Whoooooaaaa. Slow down there Tex!
Don't go complaining to MPs. The last thing we need is the body politic waking up to what a mistake the flexible ISA is (for tax raising). Just use a provider that does allow flexible ISAs.
I'm about to put my SIPP into drawdown and look forward to a happy retirement. Over the next two/three years I will have a few projects to sort out, House/car/boat etc. I need to fund these from income and my ISA, then at the tax year end, I can make one drawdown to 'replace' the ISA funds used and top up to the max allowance. If it looks too expensive on tax for the drawdown, I'll simply arrange an overdraft from the bank to 'replace' my ISA, then draw it out in the next tax year to repay the overdraft. This way I keep my full allowance plus what I now have in my ISA.
You point this out to them, then we are all buggered!