Freelance personal finance researcher and author. Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance at the OU. Editor of Kogan Page Good Retirement Guide.
OU, Milton Keynes
Joined March 2014
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Colleagues and I share initial thoughts on Budget 2026 theconversation.com/budget-2…
Triple lock has done its job ensuring the State Pension catches up relative to earnings. Burnham’s adjusted triple lock neatly hits multiple targets: reduced cost, inflation-protection, avoiding tiny increases, enabling pensioners to share economic growth. theconversation.com/the-uks-…
I look at how bills in the King's speech could help with the cost of living crisis and other highlights: theconversation.com/state-op…. But the government needs to introduce changes fast if households are to avoid hefty energy bills this winter.
Stop West Northants Council from implementing parking charges - Sign the Petition! c.org/kbDbnyQT2p via @UKChange
I join colleagues in thinking about ways to save on energy bills theconversation.com/want-to-…. While it's hard right now to pay less per unit, it's worth using the warmer summer months to get DIY jobs and home improvements done, so that you lose less energy and use fewer units.
Happy New Year! And what better way to start the year than with the brand new, fully updated, 40th edition of The Good Retirement Guide koganpage.com/general-busine… ! I am honoured to be the current editor of this fantastic book for everyone planning, entering or in retirement.
Stop the closing of St Andrews Workbridge! - Sign the Petition! c.org/7Gpc8rvxQ2 via @UKChange
Stop the closing of St Andrews Workbridge! - Sign the Petition! c.org/zqbgp59mL6 via @UKChange
It's been a pleasure working with my colleague Emilie Rutledge to share our experience and ideas on teaching transferable skills through distance learning in @timeshighered Campus!
Can transferable skills be taught in distance learning? timeshighereducation.com/cam… via @timeshighered
I join colleagues in speculating on how the Chancellor might plug the gap in the public finances: theconversation.com/whats-th…
Always exciting to receive the latest book hot off the publisher's press! Out this week, the 2nd edition of Essential Personal Finance for Students which I co-author with the amazing @lienluu and Jason Butler @jbthewealthman
Online tickets still available for #AssessmentHorizons25: cambrid.ge/AH2025. You can see the full programme here: cambridgeassessment.org.uk/I…
Looking forward to presenting our research on the robustness of assessment in the light of GenAI at the @HE_Professional conference on Thursday (20 March) heprofessional.co.uk/ai-inte… with my colleague Liz Hardie!
The fully updated Good Retirement Guide 2025 is out today! koganpage.com/general-busine…. A comprehensive guide to all aspects of retirement, including your finances, home, health, continuing to work but on your own terms, and making the most of your leisure.
6 ways to control your financial destiny with Jonquil Lowe. In this video youtube.com/watch?v=IlOb45Gv…, I offer ideas and tips from the new and fuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlOb45Gv_Qklly updated edition of my book, Be Your Own Financial Adviser.
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Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
A few thoughts from me on the Chancellor's Mansion House proposals for pensions. theconversation.com/the-uk-g…. Bit it's hard to do justice to this complex area in just a few hundred words.
