Jimmy Rice

@jimmyricewriter.bsky.social

Output Editor, live blogs and streams at Sky News - including award-winning Money blog.

Pension contribution tricks, secret supermarket codes and the 'magic window' for booking holidays - some of the 'tips of the week' in our Money newsletter each Friday - very proud to say it has just passed 158,000 subscribers six months after launch - sign up here: news.sky.com/story/sky-ne...

Secret codes in supermarkets that could save you money | Money newsletter

Money tips straight to your inbox? Look no further. Each Friday, subscribers get an exclusive look at the kind of content that goes into our award-winning Money blog. This coming Friday, we reveal the...

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Very proud to have started a new job as Output Editor overseeing all of Sky News’s live digital output, creating a new live streaming team to integrate with my existing live blog team (who are the best in the business). We have some big plans!

Excited to be taking on a brand new role at Sky News as Cross Platform Audience Growth Editor. That means I’m looking for an assistant audience editor to join my team. If you’re looking for a new challenge in the new year, apply now: sky.talent-community.com/projects/ass...

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Man Utd under fire for ticket price hikes mid-season - and removing concessions for OAPs and kids. They told Money: "The club needs to ensure it remains financially sustainable... the increased revenue will also support investment in the team and contribute to football success." Post in the blog.

Our data team has been looking at energy bill arrears this morning and their illustrations paint a worrying picture, especially heading into a winter where 10m Britons won’t be getting the winter fuel payment for the first time. Here’s how total arrears have soared since 2018… 🧵

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Seven of the biggest high street names have increased mortgage rates in the last three weeks at the same time as lowering savings rates, the Money blog has revealed. Profiteering? Here’s my story including what some of them told me: news.sky.com/story/seven-...

Seven high street names accused of 'blatant profiteering' for raising mortgage rates while cutting savings rates

Lenders have been accused of "penalising savers" and "squeezing homeowners" by being quicker to react on savings rate changes than adjustments to mortgages.

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Live blogs will always be aggregators but they can also be a place for original journalism - that’s what we are trying to do with our blogs/bloggers. Here’s a piece that originated in our Money blog today on the massive winter fuel payment cut no one ever talks about: news.sky.com/story/the-ma...

The massive winter fuel payment 'cut' no one ever talks about

The winter fuel payment has not changed in more than two decades, despite sky-high inflation and rocketing energy prices. This amounts to a "cut" in the benefit for vulnerable pensioners, with chariti...

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