Freelance news and features journalist. Previously: the Guardian's Wealth Correspondent, and US Business Correspondent. [email protected]

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Joined December 2008
"The voices that matter" Why big companies like Unilever are recruiting armies of influencers to promote their brands as "messages from brands coming from corporations are suspicious”. By me in @thetimes today thetimes.com/business-money/…
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"The rich have definitely been getting a lot, lot richer." Journalist @RupertNeate discusses the growing disparity between the 'wealthiest 1%' and the rest of society - and reveals how the super-rich celebrate Christmas. Latest: trib.al/BCeHdTM 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
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Sir Chris Hohn, the billionaire hedge fund manager, takes a 84% pay cut to *just* £42 as his TCI hedge fund donates £340m to charity. Exclusive by me in @TimesBusiness thetimes.com/business-money/…
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Cashmere baubles for £1,080, Harrods crackers (£700), Christmas Eve night at the Ritz (£5,994), and a personalised at-home Santa's Grotto (c£10,000) - Find out how the super-rich do Christmas thetimes.com/article/3f404a8… By me in the @thetimes, thanks to @joshglancy @emilykentsmith
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Update: Guardian wealth correspondent @RupertNeate has also accepted voluntary redundancy as the news title targets cost savings, joining a list that includes media editor Jim Waterson and special projects editor Jonathan Shainin pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-…
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Christopher Beaumont, 23rd @SeigneurOfSark, takes on the Barclay dynasty. Beaumont is attempting to snap up abandoned hotels and other buildings belonging to the Torygraph billionaires. via @RupertNeate theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Latest episode in the Cost of the crown podcast series, featuring @MaeveMCC and @RupertNeate’s run in with the law for visiting a public churchyard near the King’s private estate in Norfolk.
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Wanted: an animal-loving billionaire who might consider buying 1,993 threatened white rhinos instead of a new superyacht or a Picasso, or a Picasso onboard a superyacht. Quite liked that intro theguardian.com/environment/…
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Why doesn't #Guardian rename its Wealth Correspondent the Jealous or Green Eyed correspondent?
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The king argues his personal fortune is a "private" matter. With the help of 12 experts, our investigation team traced and valued assets worth an estimated £1.8bn. And we discovered quite how much of his "private" wealth derives from his public role. theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i…
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King Charles III personally owns 321 private houses and cottages near his Sandringham palace - and half of a load of other people’s gardens. @MaeveMCC and I went to meet some of his tenants theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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