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Melanie Wright

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  • Financial and Property Journalist, Freelance
Cranbrook
As seen in: Sunday Mirror, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, MoneySuperMarket, Rest Less, Springs Valley Herald, The Daily Observer
Money Editor at Rest Less.

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Melanie Wright is an award-winning freelance financial and property journalist, who has written about personal finance, property and consumer issues for the past 18 years. She is a former Deputy Editor of The Daily Telegraph's Your Money section, and wrote the Sunday Mirror’s Money section for more than a decade. She contributes regularly to The Sunday Times, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Observer, as well as various other publications and websites. Melanie is also a regular commentat…

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Is now a good time to buy an annuity?

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By Melanie Wright 
| Rest Less
Annuities have become increasingly popular in recent years, and rising annuity rates could make them even more appealing this year, as they offer retirees the security of a guaranteed income for life. Annuity rates are influenced by several factors, including government bond yields (known as gilts) and interest rates. Generally, when gilt yields and interest rates rise, annuity rates also increase, boosting the retirement income these products can provide.
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Education policy is missing feedback and collaboration

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By Melanie Wright 
| Springs Valley Herald
Indiana has long struggled to identify authentic education issues and seek problem-solving initiatives that define and assist in these measures. For two decades, we have been pulled between public, charter and private vouchers that has left educational policy falling flat. This philosophical disagreement has so escalated, that it drowns out the necessary ability to truly explore the needs in our school systems.
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The State Pension explained

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By Melanie Wright 
| Rest Less
Finding your way around the State Pension maze can be really daunting, but it’s vital to try to get to grips with the basics so you know how much you could be entitled to. The new State Pension age rose to 66 for both men and women on 6 October 2020, so applies to anyone born after 5 October 1954. It is due to increase again to 67 between 2026 and 2028, and again to 68 between 2037 and 2039.
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