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John Andrew "Andy" Verity (born 8 April 1969 in Leeds) is an English financial journalist, currently working for BBC News as an economics correspondent.

After being raised in Barnet, he became a financial journalist in the mid-1990s. He formerly presented the daily BBC Radio Five Live show Wake Up to Money with Mickey Clark, until July 2013 when he was replaced by Adam Parsons.

In March 2012 he married a fellow BBC journalist.[ citation needed ]

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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