James Andrews

Money editor, inveterate punner, lover of bad TV, politics,maths, macro economics & most sports
insta: jamespeterandrews

[James Andrews @FinanceJames]

If the point isn't to help people, what is it?

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@Frances_Coppola Side note, normally love them, but am house/dog/cat/nibbling sitting this weekend

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@Frances_Coppola Would like it a lot more if all three dogs were not currently panicking... The two cats seem fine

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@JudithFreedman @Frances_Coppola To be fair, I don't think that was the policy that cost them the election... But no, it didn't save it either

[The Press Awards @PressAwardsuk]

Congratulations to "Pension Power-up" from @TTMoneyMentor for being awarded winner of Best Audience Engagement Initiative of the Year at The Press Awards 2025!

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@CashQuestions @simonnread Milk maid you uncomfortable?

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@simonnread Strong headwinds in that job, I'm told, and a risk they'll put your career in a box you'll struggle to break free from

[Kingstonian FC @KingstonianFC]

Presenting the Isthmian League South Central top scorer... Eddie Simon 👑👏🏻

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@mikeysmith John Prescott's ghost is very disappointed in you

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Zero case for domestic inflationary pressure here. Moribond is more like it

[Office for National Statistics (ONS) @ONS]

The median household disposable income in the UK was £36,700 in financial year ending (FYE) 2024.

This was a small statistically non-significant increase of 0.8% from FYE 2023.

Based on estimates from our Household Finances Survey.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/Y6iNbDW9TH

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@John_Stepek @KallumPickering ISA allowances were combined in 2015, the per year subscription data is here.

Agree that a nudge is a good thing, but my instinct would be to increase the equity part of the Lifetime ISA rather than cut the cash one. Because, well, the data below
https://t.co/hpYLhVHeEX.

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@A1GOY Thing is, you could get a good sequel by, well, completely ignoring the book's sequel and just writing a good film set in that universe

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A great day for radishes. (Full ONS article on scanner data here) https://t.co/mdZKppNvD8

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@Margin4Error Counterpoint, he's actually met them

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@CashQuestions @simonnread My machine kept failing, I asked tech support but they said it just didn't have enough RAM

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@CashQuestions @simonnread No parachute payment either I'm guessing

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@Margin4Error Also v pro free healthcare and wine/fish

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@VixLeyton Lay-ton