With effect from 30th January 2017, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) protection limits for certain deposits will increase from £75,000 to £85,000.
You can read more about the FSCS announcement here: https://www.fscs.org.uk/news/2017/january/limit-change-consumer-update/
Note that the FSCS covers a wide range of deposits, but not all of them; investors should enquire with their financial institution the amount of protection that would apply.
January 19th, 2017