Author
About the Author
Rebecca is an award-winning freelance journalist with more than a decade of experience working for the UK's leading online and print publications.
Rachel began her personal finance career as a writer at Money Observer, before moving to Moneywise as a writer and subsequently Lovemoney, Moneysavingexpert, and MailOnline as writer and reporter.
Rebecca writes on personal finance for The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, The Sun, This is Money, Stylist and The Telegraph, amongst others.
Rebecca has won Insurance Journalist of the Year at the Headline Money awards.
Expertise
Insurance
Household bills
Consumer stories
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, Cardiff University
BA (Hons) English and American History, University of East Anglia
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What you need to check for
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How the 2021 Budget affects homeowners
Here's a summary of the key changes that will affect homeowners following the 2021 Budget.
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