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Claer Barrett

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✍️Columnist @financialtimes🎙Host FT #MoneyClinic podcast 📺 TV Expert #lorraine📕My book: What they don’t teach you about money https://t.co/zhdEUjaE3v

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Joined February 2009
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2 years
Some personal news... My first book, What They Don't Teach You About Money will be released in March 2023 'Need to know' stuff about money, written in a way that anyone can understand (with a pinch of sass!) Preorder here @PenguinUKBooks @EburyPublishing
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Last year, one FT reader spent their bonus on a new boat (!) This year, many responses to our (anonymous) Bonus Survey mention paying a chunk off the mortgage. In line for a payout? Lucky you! Tell us about your #bonusseason expectations here:
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22 days
There are high hopes for #bonusseason in the City this year - but how does yours measure up? Early entries to the FT's Bonus Survey show the trend is for lower base pay and higher incentives... it's anonymous and fast if you're one of the lucky ones:
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4 months
Just arrived at @BBCRadio4 to answer your Budget questions live on the #Todayprogramme #Budget2024
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4 months
As journalists prepare to cover the biggest Budget in years, I joined @katierazz on the Media Show @BBCRadio4 to give a behind the scenes take from the FT newsroom, with insights from former chancellor @George_Osborne Do check out the FT Budget Game:
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5 months
@WeAreOpenreach Is anyone aware of an instance in which GDPR has achieved anything useful for consumers rather than being an excuse for not providing a proper service? The fault is not with our providers if this has caused 120 flats to go offline simultaneously???
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5 months
@WeAreOpenreach Well, believe it or not, we are doing that! But seeing as this is a major fault and has knocked out the entire building you would think there would be a way of reporting this? BT just cuts me off when I try to speak to a human being. Disgraceful!
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5 months
Just spoke to @theJeremyVine about what I wish I'd known before MY phone was snatched - the first 300 people who click on THIS link can read my @FT article about it for free - please spread the word! #PhoneTheft
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6 months
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6 months
About to go live on @BBCPM @BBCRadio4 talking about all things energy… here’s a free link to my @ftweekend Saturday column tomorrow on same: Data is the key to supporting Britain’s poorest pensioners
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7 months
"Magnificent Seven" market jitters abound this week (Nvidia down 7% on Tues) highlighting the concentration risk for investors in low-cost passive funds. Will it test their faith? My latest @FT column featuring research from @LaithKhalaf1 at @ajbell
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7 months
RT @WhichPress: New research from @WhichUK has uncovered widespread and shocking claims handling failures by insurers. @SamRich91 joined @C
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7 months
Awful customer service driving you round the bend? I’m talking to @sharivahl on @BBCRadio4 #youandyours this lunchtime about why we need more HUMANS not AI - as I wrote in this @ftweekend @FTMag article: How did customer service get so bad?
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7 months
I am writing about the so-called “single tax” this week. Housing costs are the biggest example, but how else is this affecting you - and with more single person households in the future, what should our new government be doing? (my DMs are open for private rants!) #singletax
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7 months
Have “Lunch with the FT” politics experts at 1pm today in our free webinar for subscribers - if they can stay awake 😉 Sign up via this link:
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7 months
How are financial markets reacting to the Labour landslide? Join me on @lbc this morning with @NickFerrariLBC at 7.30am for the latest - and a look at the economic challenges the new government now faces 📻
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8 months
@gregwrightYP @lucyportercomic @FT @FTPressOffice Thank you Greg - you have done so much important work to highlight the plight of those suffering huge anxiety because of the Loan Charge
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8 months
@JasonArthur01 Hello, I wanted to drop you a line about a mutual connection - could you follow me back? (Not as creepy as it sounds, honest!) Thanks
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8 months
RT @FTPressOffice: 🎧Listen: What will the UK election mean for your money? In this week’s Money Clinic podcast, FT consumer editor and hos…
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