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Samantha Downes is a freelance journalist who covers personal finance and news for national newspapers and specialist finance publications.
She has written extensively on consumer issues, insurance, mortgages and pensions for the i paper as well as investment as an editor at What Investment magazine. She is the author of two finance books and a blogger for The Talented Ladies Club.