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I used my research and case studies from features in The Sun and Moneywise to put together this piece on claiming lost Child Trust Funds for loveMONEY. Read the full article...

I found out how one first time buyer saved £16,000 in just 18 months to buy a shared ownership property. Read the full article in The Sun...

Hearing that a third of Child Trust Funds are still unclaimed I decided to investigate what has happened to the missing money and how families can claim it back. It is not always as simple as it seems as I discovered for this Moneywise article.

I investigated the exploitative world of doubling ground rents and assured shorthold tenancies for Moneywise magazine. Read the full article here....

Molly Beard shared her experience of saving money to buy her first house by living with her parents, shopping at car boot sales and car sharing to work. Here is the full story in the My First Home series of The Sun....

I have covered lost and unclaimed Child Trust Funds for a number of consumer publications and whilst reaching out for case studies I was contacted by the relative of a woman with an adopted son. With my help she was able to track down her son's lost fund, which...

I reflected on the financial cost of living in a market town in this story for loveMONEY.

The morning that Thomas Cook collapsed I found a case study of a couple whose £1,200 holiday had been ruined. Here is the full story for...

I interviewed a couple about taking their inheritance early in order to buy their first home for this special series in The Sun money online. Read the full story here.

Two weeks before the PPI compensation deadline I approached The Sun with this case study about a woman who won over £10,000 in refunds. Read the full story...

I reflected on my own household finances for this first person piece for loveMONEY. Read the full article here.

After more than a year I have still not received compensation for a cancelled Eurowings flight. It made me realise that flight compensation schemes are not working effectively for consumers. I investigated the issue for Moneywise magazine in this...