John Andrew "Andy" Verity (born 8 April 1969 in

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) is an

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financial journalist, currently working for

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as an economics correspondent. After being raised in

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, he became a financial journalist in the mid-1990s. He formerly presented the daily

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show ''

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'' with

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, until July 2013 when he was replaced by

Adam Parsons Adam Parsons (born 15 July 1970 in London) is an English television and radio presenter. He is the Europe Correspondent for Sky News. Early life Parsons attended The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, and studied Modern History at St A ...

. In March 2012 he married a fellow BBC journalist. In June 2023, he published his first book, Rigged: The Incredible True Story of Whistleblowers Jailed after Exposing the Rotten Heart of the Financial System. It reveals the cover-up behind the Libor scandal that erupted in 2012.

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''Wake Up to Money''
British business and financial journalists BBC Radio 5 Live presenters 1969 births Living people People from the London Borough of Barnet {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub