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Claer Barrett

Consumer Editor

Claer Barrett is the consumer editor. She writes the weekly Serious Money column and presents the FT's Money Clinic podcast and Business Clinic video series. Claer frequently appears as a commentator on radio and TV, talking about personal finance, consumer and small business issues, and she is a regular guest on Eddie Mair's Drive show on LBC Radio.

You can sign up for her six-week newsletter series, "Sort your financial life out with Claer Barrett" here.

Email Claer Barrett @claerb  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Passive Investing
    It pays to be a lazy investor — but for how long?

    Passive investment strategies have outperformed, saving investors a fortune in fees, but it doesn’t always pay to be lazy

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast36 min listen
    Money Clinic presents: How to future-proof your career

    Claer speaks to careers expert Isabel Berwick about thriving at work

  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Access to cash is the tip of a digital iceberg

    Things are getting back to normal after the CrowdStrike debacle. But for millions of UK adults, the online outage continues

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  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    UK insurance industry
    UK insurers ‘failing to provide customer service’ as premiums soar

    Claims handling in need of urgent improvement, says consumer group

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  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Serious MoneySocial Media
    Would you turn to Reddit for investment ideas?

    It’s no surprise that social platforms are the go-to place when industry communications appear designed to obfuscate

  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Serious MoneyPersonal Finance
    How the ‘single tax’ can break financial resilience

    From housing to pensions, those living on their own face an uphill struggle to get ahead

    Illustration of same woman side by side, one with her pockets turned out and the other in a wedding dress
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Writer Donna Leon: ‘I don’t want a Lamborghini. I have an orchestra’

    The crime novelist on leaving Venice after 30 years — and why there will be no afterlife for detective Guido Brunetti

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  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast28 min listen
    Do sneakers deserve a place in your investment portfolio?

    We examine the pros and cons of footwear collecting craze

  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Financial Advice
    How to protect your wealth from future Labour tax raids

    Advisers plot ways to ‘Labour-proof’ clients’ finances after landslide victory

  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Consumer trends
    Dress, nails, spray tan, helicopter: have school proms gone too far?

    Parents will stop at nothing to help their children celebrate the end of exam season

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  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Serious MoneyInvestments
    Could AI make you a better investor?

    The technology is there, now regulators need to play their part

  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Political Fix podcast33 min listen
    Labour’s manifesto: where will the money come from?

    Plus, what might a Labour government mean for your personal finances?

  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Investor and ‘Dragon’ Deborah Meaden: ‘I am not mean. What I am is . . . tough’

    The British entrepreneur on going green, improving financial education — and when it’s OK for a vegan to eat eggs

  • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
    Personal Finance
    What I wish I’d known before my smartphone was snatched

    As phone theft surges, how can you protect your financial data?

  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Working It34 min listen
    Working It Live: How to future-proof your career

    Isabel Berwick talks about thriving at work, with tips from her new book

  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Serious MoneyAdvice & Comment
    Have you got five minutes to talk about investing?

    It is high time we normalised conversations about money

  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast7 min listen
    The Five Minute Investor from Money Clinic: Magnificent Seven

    A quick fire explainer on why the Magnificent Seven are dominating market conversations

  • Saturday, 20 April, 2024
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    Heaven preserve us! Meghan’s jam brand may have a sticky start

    The Duchess of Sussex’s new venture has attracted attention, but homely enterprises struggle to make money

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  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    FT Magazine
    How did customer service get so bad?

    The collapse of standards is costing companies a fortune and the rest of us our sanity

  • Friday, 29 March, 2024
    UK equities
    The hunt for good-value UK stocks

    As bidders circle undervalued London-listed companies, are there really bargains for private investors?

  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Serious MoneyPassive Investing
    Why I’m sticking with my passive Isa strategy

    Given the dominance of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ in global equities funds, should investors worry about diversification?

  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
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    Week 6: Quiz questions

    How well did you understand this week’s content? Test yourself to find out

  • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
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    What women want their financial future to look like

    The Budget and International Women’s Day remind us that the campaign for equality is still far from won

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  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    Childcare
    Grannies are acting as unpaid nannies

    The UK’s childcare crisis is taking another bite out of the older woman’s retirement prospects

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  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    UK Budget 2024
    Child benefit reforms are a well-earned tax cut for parents

    These long-overdue changes will have positive economic consequences too

    View from behind of a mother walking while holding the hand of small child with a little backpack
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