Questor: Our income looks secure so let’s look at readers’ other priority – avoiding IHT

Few investors have suffered more from the impact of coronavirus on the stock market than income seekers. Three quarters of companies cut or cancelled payouts in the second quarter of the year and for 2020 as a whole divis will fall by about 39pc, according to the Link dividend monitor. This column took action in the spring to shed firms that had cancelled their dividends or seemed likely to and now has a spread of assets that are all pulling their weight when it comes to income generation. They