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Sebastian Murphy-Bates
Personal Finance Editor
Sebastian Murphy-Bates is Personal Finance Editor at Express.co.uk.
He previously worked as assistant editor at the Daily Star Online and as a reporter at the MailOnline. Prior to this he was a reporter on the Barking and Dagenham Post in East London. If you think you have a story, you can email him at:
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