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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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  • Saturday, 10 January, 2026
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Will the latest Budget U-turn save Britain’s pubs?

    Watering down business rates for pubs alone fails to reflect pressures in the wider hospitality sector

    A crowd of people stand outside The Devonshire pub, socializing and drinking on the street.
  • Saturday, 3 January, 2026
    Personal Finance
    How to maximise your Avios point collection in 2026

    From investing to pizzas and property, travellers can boost their points balance in new ways

    Princes Street in Edinburgh covered in snow, with vehicles and pedestrians visible, and historic buildings lining the street.
  • Thursday, 1 January, 2026
    Personal Finance
    Five simple ways to reset your finances in 2026

    Resolving to be better with money in the year ahead? Here’s what Claer Barrett recommends

    Illustration of a hand holding a squeegee wiping through a messy wall of scribbles to reveal greenery, a blue sky and a tree outside
  • Thursday, 25 December, 2025
    Music
    City of London churches offer sublime music in a divine setting

    Secular and sacred performances draw new audiences to the Square Mile’s historic places of worship

    St Paul’s Cathedral choristers in white robes holding candles and singing during Christmas rehearsals inside the cathedral.
  • Saturday, 20 December, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    The money lessons we wish we’d been taught at school

    Deborah Meaden, Jill Scott, Carol Vorderman and others join FT columnists to share what they would teach kids today

    Illustration of a classroom of young people at desks raising their hands to answer a question
  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast11 min listen
    FT News Briefing: How to spend wisely this holiday season with Claer Barrett

    The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year, but it's also the most ex…

  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Claer Barrett on spending wisely during the holidays

    The FT’s consumer editor talks about the pinch people are feeling this festive season

  • Saturday, 13 December, 2025
    Serious MoneyInsight & Comment
    Is now really a good time to start investing?

    Government begins push to create a ‘nation of investors’ as AI bubble fears intensify

    Montage image of an hourglass, an arrow zigzagging and pointing down, and a pointing hand
  • Saturday, 6 December, 2025
    UK society
    I’ve been caught out by a Ring doorbell — have you?

    Doorstep surveillance devices are part of modern life whether we like it or not

    A delivery person wearing a hi-vis vest carries multiple packages up the steps to a home's front door.
  • Monday, 1 December, 2025
    Political Fix podcast54 min listen
    Bonus: What does the 2025 Budget mean for your money?

    Claer Barrett and a panel of experts answer your questions

  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Serious MoneyInsight & Comment
    Fill your boots before Budget tax changes kick in

    Three money moves for higher earners to consider

    Montage image of three hands putting things into a cardboard box including a document with a £ sign, a £20 note, and a baby dummy
  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast54 min listen
    The 2025 Budget: what does it mean for your money?

    Claer Barrett and a panel of experts answer your questions

  • Thursday, 27 November, 2025
    Q&AAsk an Expert
    The UK Budget explained. You asked, we answered

    The FT’s Stephen Bush, Robert Shrimsley, Claer Barrett and Emma Agyemang replied to reader questions

  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    A horrid Budget for the ‘Henrys’

    Tax squeeze set to hit higher-earning young professionals at key point in their careers

    A man sketches on a notepad in the foreground while a woman and child prepare food together in a kitchen in the background.
  • Saturday, 22 November, 2025
    Serious MoneyInsight & Comment
    Brace yourselves for a Budget doomed to failure

    Smorgasbord of tax rises is riskier for chancellor, our personal finances and the UK economy

    Montage of the red Budget box, a pair of shears, and upward arrows
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    Workplace pensions
    Third of employers would cut staff pensions if salary sacrifice capped

    Survey of HR directors shows how consequences of Budget move would hit workers’ future pensions pots

    A £20 note featuring King Charles III is placed among £20 notes showing Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Friday, 14 November, 2025
    Nationwide Building Society
    Nationwide pledges to keep all its UK branches open until 2030

    Building society bucks trend for bank office closures

    A person uses an ATM outside a Nationwide Building Society branch, with signs visible in the window.
  • Wednesday, 12 November, 2025
    Style
    Claer Barrett on finding the perfect pair of black trousers

    A guide to navigating barrel legs, pleats, pooling — and price points — to find the cornerstone of a good working wardrobe

  • Wednesday, 12 November, 2025
    Pensions
    Please Rachel, don’t sacrifice workers’ pensions

    Dismembering salary sacrifice is a short-sighted tax grab that will accelerate the UK’s retirement savings crisis

    Rachel Reeves stands at a podium labeled ‘Renew Britain’ while speaking at the Labour party conference
  • Friday, 7 November, 2025
    Financial literacy
    Give children the financial education they need

    The numerate and money-confident students of today will bring benefits to the UK economy tomorrow

    A teacher stands at the front of a classroom, writing on a whiteboard, as students raise their hands to participate.
  • 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
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