Lecturer in Personal Finance, The Open University
Also a personal finance practitioner, working with a variety of independent, consumer-facing organisations and financial services providers, including the Money Advice Service, Which? and Royal London, carrying out consultancy, commissioned research, authoring financial capability materials and creating interactive financial capability tools.
Past head of Money Research Group at Consumers' Association/Which? and past editor of research journal, Consumer Policy Review (Blackwell's/Consumers' Association).
Why the pensions 'triple lock' has become a key general election issue
Apr 30, 2017 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
In the last Prime Ministers Questions before the 2017 general election, Theresa May refused to guarantee the triple lock policy that guarantees pensions will rise in line with inflation, earnings or 2.5% whichever is...
Banking 'shake-up' relies too much on customers shopping around
Aug 10, 2016 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
A report that was billed to transform the UKs retail banking industry has been criticised for not doing enough to protect customers. The Competition and Markets Authority report was two years in the making and is geared...
Four ways Brexit will hit personal finances
Jun 24, 2016 10:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
British people have woken up to the news that their country has voted to leave the European Union. Along with this, there has been turmoil in financial markets the pound has hit a 30-year low and the FTSE dropped more...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India