Senior Lecturer in Economics and 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 and Which?, 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).
Six ways the upcoming autumn statement could affect your personal finances
Nov 19, 2023 05:55 am UTC| Politics
The UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have limited room for manoeuvre when he makes his autumn statement about the governments financial plans on November 22. The government is committed to supporting the Bank of Englands...
Pensions: how yours may have been affected by recent market turmoil
Oct 21, 2022 06:19 am UTC| Business
The early signs are that the financial markets have been appeased by the governments October 17 decision to reverse two-thirds of its September mini-budget tax cuts. Yields on gilts which represent long-term borrowing...
National insurance rise: what do upcoming tax changes mean for me? An expert explains
Mar 27, 2022 14:16 pm UTC| Economy
April 6 marks the start of the new 2022-23 tax year and the day most workers start to pay a new tax: the health and social care levy. For one year only, the levy will take the form of a 1.25 percentage point increase in...
Five top tips for managing your personal finances during coronavirus
Aug 01, 2020 14:58 pm UTC| Investing
When it comes to money, coronavirus has split the nation. Financial stress dominates for many of the 9.5 million employees on furlough, potentially facing unemployment as the scheme unwinds, and for those whose small...
African countries lost control to foreign mining companies – the 3 steps that allowed this to happen
Silencing Sarah Jama diminishes Canadian democracy
Alleged assassination plots in the U.S. and Canada signal a more assertive Indian foreign policy