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And Josie Clarke

Josie Clarke is consumer affairs correspondent at PA Media, covering everything from energy bills to food prices, advertising and shopping trends. She has written extensively on the cost of living crisis. She has worked for PA in various roles since arriving in the UK in 2002 from New Zealand, where she worked for the New Zealand Herald.

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