Kalpana Fitzpatrick
Kalpana is the Digital Editor of sister site MoneyWeek.
She’s an award-winning journalist and author of Invest Now: The Simple Guide to Boosting Your Finances and a children's book Get to Know Money - with extensive experience in financial journalism. Her work includes writing for a number of media outlets, including national papers and well-known women’s lifestyle and luxury titles, where she was finance editor for Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Red and Prima.
She started her career at the Financial Times group, covering pensions and investments.
As a money expert, Kalpana is a regular guest on TV and radio; appearances include BBC One’s Morning Live, ITV’s Eat Well, Save Well, Sky News and Channel 5's 30 money saving tips series.
She was also the resident money expert for the BBC Money 101 podcast.
A well-known money and consumer journalist, Kalpana also often speaks at events.
She is passionate about helping people be better with their money, save more and be smarter spenders.
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @KalpanaFitz.
Latest articles by Kalpana Fitzpatrick
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Are fuel prices going down in the UK?
Anger rises as the fall in the wholesale price of fuel is not being reflected in the price we pay at the pumps
By Kalpana Fitzpatrick • Last updated
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Why women need to start investing now - and how to do it
Wage, pensions and investing gaps are damaging women’s finances. As we head into International Women’s Day (8 March), Kalpana Fitzpatrick, author of Invest Now, explains how you can start investing - even with just £1.
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Don’t miss out on the working-from-home tax relief – worth up to £420
Are you working from home? You can still claim tax relief for this tax year.
By Kalpana Fitzpatrick • Published
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LATEST: Fixed energy bills to get an automatic discount
Households will see their energy bills freeze from October until 2024. If you’re on a fixed energy deal you may be feeling left in the lurch as to whether you’ll see your bills fall in line with other customers. We explain everything you need to know
By Kalpana Fitzpatrick • Last updated
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Childcare costs outstrip earnings: how to get help
Think tank warns over childcare costs. We explain all the help you can tap into
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Energy price freeze - what does it mean for the October energy price cap?
Truss puts a freeze on the energy price cap - we explain what it means for your energy bills from October
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September’s Premium Bond millionaire winners revealed. How to check if you are a prize winner
Millions of lucky Brits with Premium Bonds will get good news as the winners of the September prize draw are announced. Here’s how to check if you are winner
By Kalpana Fitzpatrick • Last updated
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Virgin Money to enter the buy now, pay later market - will it be any good?
The bank plans to launch a buy now, pay later credit card product - here’s how it will work
By Kalpana Fitzpatrick • Published
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3 ways to beat inflation
As prices continue to rise, household budgets are getting stretched to breaking point. Here, we give you three straightforward ways to beat inflation
By Kalpana Fitzpatrick • Published