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James Andrews

Senior Content Editor - Personal Finance

About the Author

James has spent the past 15 years writing and editing personal finance news, specialising in consumer rights, pensions, insurance, property and investments - picking up a series of awards for his journalism along the way.

His past roles include money editor for Mirror Online, editor of Yahoo Finance UK and content editor at MSN Money and he has been a regular contributor to national radio shows including TalkRadio and the BBC World Service on money matters.

Expertise

  • Property

  • Pensions

  • Inflation

Education

  • BA - Durham University

  • MPhil - University of Cambridge

  • NCTJ - Certificate in Journalism

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