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BUZZ-Hargreaves Lansdown: spikes after savers' Budget

** UK Retail-focused financial services providers Hargreaves Lansdown and St James's Place jump after saver-friendly announcements in UK Budget

** Hargreaves Lansdown (LSE: HL.L - news) up 5.5 pct to 8 month high while St James's Place rise 4.2 pct to hit a record high

** Stocks are the 3rd and 4th best FTSE performers on the day

** Personal (LSE: PGH.L - news) and higher rate tax allowances to rise, creation of a new saving product for first-time home buyers, new personal savings' allowance that will take c. 95 pct taxpayers out of savings tax

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)