Patrick Collinson



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Full name: Patrick Collinson

Area of interest: Personal finance

Journals/Organisation: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:p.collinson@guardian.co.uk p.collinson@guardian.co.uk]

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Website: Guardian.co / Patrick Collinson | On Reflection

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Current position/role: personal finance editor and editor of Guardian Money - writes the weekly 'On reflection' column


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Awards/Honours: The Wincott Foundation Awards: personal financial journalist, 2000

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Role: personal finance editor and editor of Guardian Money

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Email: [mailto:p.collinson@guardian.co.uk p.collinson@guardian.co.uk]

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Website: Guardian.co / Patrick Collinson

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Day published: Saturday

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Articles: 2016

 * Property is theft? Well, leasehold certainly is - Ground rent ... sparking seedy practices for which there is no ethical basis - 22nd October
 * How to become a billionaire - Of the 13 richest people in the world eight made their money from tech - 11th September
 * I like the EU, but I’m voting out - There are lots of positives about being part of Europe, but the impact on working people’s rents and wages is not among them - 19th June



Articles: 2013

 * 10 lessons from the Cyprus bailout - From limiting deposit sizes to EU bank 'stress tests', we look at the repercussions of the Cyprus situation - 29th March
 * Budget 2013: don't expect to be surprised by George Osborne - Much of the chancellor's speech will feature figures known in advance and he is unlikely to pull many rabbits from his hat - 21st March
 * Funding for lending scheme punishes savers while it aids borrowers - Since last August, when the FLS came into operation, the average interest paid on a cash Isa has fallen from 2.5% to 1.8% - 4th March
 * Bank of Ireland's tracker rate rise must be reversed - Shifting the goalposts for tracker mortgage customers should worry anyone with a similar loan - 1st March



Articles: 2012

 * These new FSA mortgage rules do nothing for a trapped generation - Young people renting will find no comfort in the FSA's rules, which favour landlords and those enriched by the boom years - 26th October



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Column name: On reflection

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Role: personal finance editor and editor of Guardian Money

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Email: [mailto:p.collinson@guardian.co.uk p.collinson@guardian.co.uk]

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Website: Guardian.co / Patrick Collinson | On Reflection

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Day published: Saturday

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Articles: 2013

 * Equity release is not the solution for older people who need extra cash - The House of Lords committee is wrong: equity release will not solve the problem of funding an increasingly elderly population - 16th March



Articles: 2009

 * Key to recovery? US house prices - 'Anyone hoping for early recovery in UK house prices can forget it' - 7th March 2009
 * Watchdog needs freedom to bite - Is the great payment protection insurance rip-off finally over? - 28th February 2009
 * MPs should get a sympathy vote - the attack on MPs' pensions is part of a media attack on final salary schemes - 21st February 2009
 * The worm turns at Nationwide - Patrick Collinson: I've long been a fan of Nationwide's values and its commitment to customer service - 14th February 2009
 * Unkindest cut for pensioners - In a country where every cut in rates is greeted with glee, we are punishing prudence - 7th February 2009
 * Time has come to trust the public - How much better if the taxpayer bail-outs for banks had gone to support mutuals - 31st January 2009
 * Give us an answer Standard Life - Standard Life now has a battle on its hands to avoid paying out £100m in compensation - 24th January 2009
 * Please, sir, why is greed good? - A whole generation in this country has lived under the deplorable values of the City's "masters of the universe" - 17th January 2009



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