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Claer Barrett

Consumer Editor

Claer Barrett is the consumer editor for the Financial Times. She writes the weekly Serious Money column and presents the FT's Money Clinic podcast.

Claer frequently appears as a commentator on radio and TV, talking about personal finance, consumer and small business issues. She is a regular guest on ITV’s Lorraine show, makes personal finance content on social media and is the author of What They Don’t Teach You About Money.

You can sign up for her six-week newsletter series, "Sort your financial life out with Claer Barrett" here. You can follow her on Instagram @claerb​

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  • Wednesday, 5 November, 2025
    Personal Finance
    AI to power new fight against scam callers

    UK telecoms groups to block ‘number spoofing’ scams from criminals in overseas call centres

    A person holds a smartphone displaying an incoming call screen with the caller identified as "Unknown."
  • Tuesday, 4 November, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    All schoolchildren in England to be taught financial literacy

    Major changes to curriculum also include teaching about fake news and climate change

    Children in red uniforms hold up whiteboards with answers during a primary school mathematics lesson.
  • Saturday, 1 November, 2025
    Serious MoneyPersonal Finance
    Friendship: the best investment we can ever make

    A life that is rich in friendship is one worth living to the full

    Montage of a hand on a friend’s shoulder with a graph paper background
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Financial fraud
    Criminals using AI are driving sharp rise in UK fraud cases

    As part of a tech arms race, banks are also using artificial intelligence to stop scams with increasing effectiveness

    A phone displays a scam message claiming the recipient won $50,000, with warning icons superimposed and blurred hands typing in the background.
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Serious MoneyInsight & Comment
    Time to add crypto to your Sipp or Isa? Wait, there’s a catch

    Regulatory changes make it possible to gain exposure inside a UK tax wrapper — but few platforms offer them

    Montage of a golden coin with a Bitcoin logo and two one pound coins
  • Saturday, 11 October, 2025
    Retail & Consumer industry
    I’ve seen the future of shopping — and I’m sold on AI

    Buying with the help of generative artificial intelligence is like having a personal shopper who knows exactly what I want

    Two smiling delivery men carry a bookcase between them
  • Saturday, 11 October, 2025
    Q&AUK mis-selling
    Q&A: Are you due a share of £11bn car finance compensation?

    Redress scheme for motorists starts early next year, with average payout of £700 expected

    Rows of new and used cars are lined up closely together outside a dealership, with focus on their front ends and headlights.
  • Friday, 10 October, 2025
    UK property
    Moving home is maddening — here’s how the system needs to change

    A new government consultation promises to speed up the conveyancing process in England and Wales. But will it work?

    Illustration of a pair of people at the start of maze that has a house in it
  • Saturday, 4 October, 2025
    Serious MoneyInsight & Comment
    Don’t let Budget rumours deter the next generation of investors

    Fears over changes to tax rules on pensions and Isas mean Britons are hoarding yet more cash

    Illustration of the Budget red box open with paper, food, drink and a piggy bank flying out
  • Saturday, 27 September, 2025
    Serious MoneyPersonal Finance
    How to digitise your life admin in four easy steps

    A house move forced me to shred 120kg of paperwork, but I am so glad I did

    An illustration of a phone displaying a filing cabinet coming out of the screen
  • Friday, 26 September, 2025
    Personal Finance
    Reader callout: Your house moving horror stories 

    We invite readers to tell us about their experience of the conveyancing process 

    Montage image of a house and quotation  marks
  • Saturday, 20 September, 2025
    Retirement
    Pension panic grips Generation X

    While 45- to 60-year-olds are the least prepared for retirement, Budget rumours are accelerating pension withdrawals

    A Gen X couple sits at a kitchen counter looking at a laptop together, with paperwork and a calculator nearby.
  • Tuesday, 16 September, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    The five big decisions young people need to make about money

    From spending and saving to careers and partners, the choices you make could have a big financial impact

    An illustration showing a colourful cityscape with financial symbols, signs for loans and investments, and people carrying a piggy bank and walking among bank buildings.
  • Tuesday, 9 September, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Martin Lewis: ‘Fine tech companies tens of billions for deepfake scams’

    Money Saving Expert founder calls for tougher penalties to prevent growing menace of AI-enabled fraud

    Martin Lewis and Claer Barrett at the FT Weekend Festival in London
  • Saturday, 6 September, 2025
    Serious MoneyPersonal Finance
    Food for thought on my fat jab experience

    As someone who has lost nearly 25 kilos on Mounjaro, I think the higher cost is worth it. But is it fair?

    Illustration of an injection pen Mounjaro and a zigzag line moving upwards
  • Saturday, 5 July, 2025
    Serious MoneyInsight & Comment
    A better way to solve the cash Isa problem? Close the advice gap

    Regulatory changes stand a greater chance of creating a nation of investors

    Illustration of a woman standing and thinking on a bar in an upward trending bar chart, with a speech bubble filling an empty gap between two bars
  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    Insight & Comment
    Coffee apps: they eliminate queues but will cost you your data

    Chains battle to ensure no one has to wait for their caffeine shot

  • Saturday, 21 June, 2025
    Credit cards
    Credit card points seem increasingly, well, pointless

    Frequent flyers will go to incredible lengths to unlock perks as companies tighten the rules

    A BA lounge
  • Saturday, 14 June, 2025
    Serious MoneyArtificial intelligence
    Planning your retirement? ChatGPT can help with that

    Generative AI is giving financial advisers a run for their money

    Illustration of a woman typing on a laptop with the OpenAI logo with coins and question marks swirling around
  • Saturday, 7 June, 2025
    UK tax
    Wish you weren’t here? Why people of all ages want to leave the UK

    Quitting the UK might save you a small fortune in tax, but could still cost you in other ways

    Illustration of a man holding a child, a businesswoman, and an elderly woman boarding a plane at sunset
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    Insight & Comment
    The bank branch might just have a very bright future

    Lenders are adapting their remaining high-street branches to meet a range of customer needs

    Illustration of a jukebox, a table with coffee and bank forms, and an older person with a walking stick sat on a sofa
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    Consumer trends
    Would you say ‘I do’ to Tesco’s bog standard wedding gifts?

    The cost of living crisis means Brits are walking down the supermarket aisles looking for presents for the happy couple

    Wedding presents
  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    This is not just any cyber meltdown: will shoppers forgive M&S?

    Customer loyalty is the magic ingredient that should see Marks and Spencer bounce back from this crisis

    A woman shops in an M&S store
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Meet the 30-year-old accountant teaching seven-year-olds about money

    Abigail Foster says we must start young to ensure the next generation is financially savvy

    Abigail Foster
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Serious MoneyInsight & Comment
    Don’t make Isas a great British failure 

    Mandating UK equities in tax-free accounts would destroy any culture of investing we already have

    Illustration of a Union Jack umbrella with rips and tears on a grid background
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