Samantha Downes
Samantha has been a personal finance and consumer journalist for 20 years. She has also written several books on personal finance and been behind the launch of several well-known financial news websites.
Going on the sick?
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Hanged, drawn and quartered
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Caring about the long term
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Don't forget Generation X
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Pensions take second place
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Summer of discontent
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Happy 30th birthday FA!
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Why it's up to men to help solve the gender gap
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Tax is not taxing
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Financial advice? Why we’d rather put out the rubbish
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A raid on the self-employed
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Spring has sprung (almost)
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Advisers' robo face off
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We are all living ‘on tick’
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Ensure the price is right
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Gender Lens Investing by Joseph Quinlan and Jackie VanderBrug
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Creatures of comfort
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Time to stop talking shop
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Time for solid definitions
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