Clare Moriarty
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CEO of Citizens Advice
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Clare Moriarty
Resolution Foundation
3 days ago
Speaking to the Unsung Britain conference yesterday,
@claremoriarty.bsky.social
from
@citizensadvice.bsky.social
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Fascinating rural/urban contrast in Parkrun demographics. Iām VW60-64, my son is SM25-29. Today at Hogmoor in Hampshire there were 11 in my age category and 12 in his, of a total 200 runners. Last week at Clapham Common there were 8 in my category and 99 in his, of 785 total.
4 months ago
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Clare Moriarty
Citizens Advice
4 months ago
We welcome the Governmentās new funding to tackle homelessness, especially the support for households in temporary accommodation - an issue we highlighted last month. We look forward to further action through the Homelessness and Child Poverty strategies. Read our report here:
bit.ly/4ohqiwo
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The Hidden Costs of Homelessness: how the cost of living in temporary accommodation is pushing families deeper into poverty
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https://bit.ly/4ohqiwo
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š£š£š£ Reasons to come to our
@elysiansingers.bsky.social
concert this evening: - cracking tunes from Mr Handel - fab performances from choir & orchestra - it's in a cool church š Do come along! šš»šš»šš»
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7 months ago
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If the UCPIP Bill becomes lawĀ it will cut PIP for over 400k disabled people & UC for over 700k people who are disabled or have a long-term health condition by 2030.Ā Governmentās own impact assessment says the cuts will plunge 150k people into poverty by the end of this Parliament
8 months ago
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If Parliament votes in favour of the UCPIP Bill it will enshrine an arbitrary cut in law. We welcome the Timms Review but once again the government is doing things in the wrong order. @CitizensAdvice is asking MPs to vote against these proposals and calling on government to step back and think again
8 months ago
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Clare Moriarty
Resolution Foundation
8 months ago
Speaking at our event
@claremoriarty.bsky.social
says we need to have a more coherent set of social tariffs across a range of areas (energy, other utilities, transport etc), and a range of localities. They are need to be automatic so they don't get in the way of everyday life.
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reposted by
Clare Moriarty
Resolution Foundation
8 months ago
How are the cost of essentials affecting low-to-middle-income families across Britain? On Monday, join our discussion with
@claremoriarty.bsky.social
@peterlevell.bsky.social and
@lalithatry.bsky.social
chaired by
@mikebrewerecon.bsky.social
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Proposed changes to disability benefits will create a two-tier system. If this goes ahead, from Nov 2026, new claimants who need help to cut up food, dress, wash, or use the toilet will be denied the lifeline that PIP provides 1/2
8 months ago
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We started this glorious
#SummerSolstice
day with a sunrise swim at the ever-lovely Petersfield Open Air Pool and ended it watching the sunset from Butser Hill, the highest point of the South Downs
8 months ago
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Completely endorse your view
@joeoharadcu.bsky.social
but I should point out that the author is not me but my brilliant namesake
@quiteclare.bsky.social
. Honoured as ever to be mistaken for her!
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9 months ago
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Carnivorous plants were much in evidence in Connemara last week. So for this weekās
#WildflowerHour
, here is round-leaved and oblong-leaved sundew, and delicate flowers of butterwort
9 months ago
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The Committee on Standards in Public Life has published a fascinating report on early warning signs of major failures. It got me thinking about times in my career when things went wrong, and what I learned. Mostly a lot about risk.
cspl.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/02/r...
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Risk and Responsibility
Dame Clare Moriarty DCB, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, reflects on the Committeeās Early Warning Signs report.
https://cspl.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/02/risk-and-responsibility/
9 months ago
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Late entry for last Sundayās
#WildflowerHour
#HighUpPlants
challenge. St Patrickās Cabbage just coming into flower close to the summit of Binn Idir an DĆ” Log, at 702m the highest of Connemaraās Maum Turk mountains
9 months ago
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Closest I can offer to a
#HighUpPlant
foot
#WildflowerHour
are these from a Connemara hillside: milkwort & tormentil
10 months ago
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Plus some other beauties in shades of white, pink & purple: lousewort, sea campion, marsh orchid, green-veined orchid
#WildflowerHour
#Connemara
10 months ago
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Itās all about the sea pinks on the Connemara shoreline this week - masses of clumps in varying colours
#WildflowerHour
10 months ago
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Missed
#WildflowerHour
but these beauties were crying out to be shared. Green-winged orchids locally abundant on an outcrop at TrĆ” An DóilĆn (Coral Beach) in Connemara
10 months ago
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reposted by
Clare Moriarty
Suzi Lloyd
10 months ago
š Child poverty is rising. Ahead of the govtās Child Poverty Strategy, join us to explore the root causes and the policy shifts needed to reverse the trend. Speakers incl. Baroness Ruth Lister
@claremoriarty.bsky.social
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@tommacinnes.bsky.social
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#CADataInsights
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Clare Moriarty
Caroline Russell
11 months ago
Useful intervention from
@claremoriarty.bsky.social
CEO
@citizensadvice.bsky.social
: āif youāre cutting benefits without a clear path to how people can receive income through other means, thatās not going to be raising their living standards or tackling poverty.ā
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Benefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice boss
Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labourās plan as āshort-term actionā with ālong-term consequencesā in rare intervention
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/17/benefit-cuts-will-push-more-people-into-poverty-warns-citizens-advice-boss
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Meanwhile in the Dublin mountains, which got more of the weekās sunshine, gorgeous gorse & coltsfoot brightening forest tracks verges
#YellowFlowers
#WildflowerHour
11 months ago
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Spring is still barely arriving in Connemara, and flowers few and far between. But the rare ones I found last week did have the good grace to be
#YellowFlowers
- almost-out celandine, catkins & some slightly bedraggled primroses
#WildflowerHour
11 months ago
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At first glance, this is a pile of shells in a rockpool. Keep watching and youāll see itās a hermit crab colony. Look out for the one that falls on its shell and flips back over, and the one that triumphantly pulls out a shell from underneath it.
#Connemara
#AnDóilĆn
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12 months ago
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Todayās announcement of a 3rd consecutive rise in the energy price cap is really worrying for millions of people already struggling to afford their energy bills & in debt to energy suppliers. Govt plans to expand the Warm Home Discount are welcome but donāt go far enough
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12 months ago
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Durford Wood and Rogate Common in Hampshire were notably short of flower today. Just some European gorse bravely bringing colour to the scene
#WildflowerHour
12 months ago
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Iām intrigued by the variation in hazel behaviour. Some trees have catkins and virtually no sign of female flowers yet; others have a good sprinkling of female flowers while the catkins are still forming
#WildflowerHour
about 1 year ago
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Spring is creeping into the Ashford Hangers. Dogās mercury unfurling and, on a sheltered path, stinking hellebore and the first primroses
#WildflowerHour
about 1 year ago
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I was due to have 4 meetings this afternoon with Westminster/Whitehall folk. 3 were cancelled/postponed with between 1 day & 2 hours notice. Thatās not uncommon & suggests a system issue - nowhere else are meetings so freely rearranged. Logistical nightmare if youāre not Westminster based
about 1 year ago
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Huge thank you to the person who handed in the bag I left on a train at Waterloo last Thursday. And props to South Western Railway for an unexpectedly efficient lost property experience
about 1 year ago
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First flower photos of the year and I missed
#WildflowerHour
𤦠So, better late than never, here are snowdrop from last week, and celandine & winter heliotrope from a lovely walk this morning
about 1 year ago
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For you I think,
@quiteclare.bsky.social
!
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about 1 year ago
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A must-read for all lane swimmers from my brillant namesake. Sharp observation, practical advice and applied philosophy all in one short article!
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about 1 year ago
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Very little in flower in Connemara last week, but this sea pink was somehow hanging on by the Atlantic coast at Baile na hAbhainn. A late entry for
#NewYearPlantHunt
as well as this weekās
#WildflowerHour
about 1 year ago
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Everybody needs a fabulous Christmas concert! And our
@elysiansingers.bsky.social
concert will be fabulous indeed. Come along, and I guarantee youāll leave smiling and with a bunch of festive earworms Thurs 19 Dec, 7.30pm, details and tickets here:
tickettailor.com/events/theelysā¦
about 1 year ago
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Looking forward to talking with @jessphillips at our next Citizens Advice Data Insights briefing about improving protections for women and girls. Join us on Friday to discuss actionable strategies for a safer, more equitable future for everyone ⤵ļø
eventbrite.co.uk/e/citizens-advā¦
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about 1 year ago
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Clare Moriarty
David Benedict
over 1 year ago
James MacMillanās thrillingly expressive music switches between tenderness and outbursts of joy. Victoriaās Requiem is a 419-year-old masterpiece of contemplation and serenity. Spoil yourself tonight and come hear our unaccompanied harmony. Expect musical ravishment.
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A cornucopia of loveliness from Connemara and the Burren for
#WildflowerHour
over 1 year ago
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Not exactly midsummer weather, but still plenty of light in the Connemara sky at 10.45pm at the summer solstice
over 1 year ago
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Splashes of colour meanwhile from lots of scarlet fungus (which I know is not a flower) growing by the stream. My phone tells me this is Sarcoscypha coccinea
#WildflowerHour
almost 2 years ago
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So, all the flowers currently out in the Ashford Hangers seem to be in shades of green. Is that a time of year thing? On a very wet walk I found stinking hellebore, golden saxifrage, dogās mercury (male) and spurge laurel
#WildflowerHour
almost 2 years ago
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Havenāt found much in flower in Connemara yet, but the gorse is making a great showing, along with the ever-reliable dandelion
#WildflowerHour
about 2 years ago
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Late for
#WildflowerHour
but canāt resist - finally some of the new seasonās flowers appearing. Snowdrops, late and not abundant but elegant as ever; and celandine, which always feels like the real beginning of spring
about 2 years ago
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Iām looking forward to meeting todayās train, predicted by the SWR app to to be 22 carriages long
about 2 years ago
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On Tuesday evening I'm giving the One People Oration in Westminster Abbey, reflecting on dignity and poverty. What do we do as a society, including through the welfare system, to sustain or affront the dignity of people experiencing poverty? To book (free):
www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events...
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One People Oration: Dignity and Poverty | Westminster Abbey
Dame Clare Moriarty, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, gives this yearās One People Oration.
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/lectures-and-talks/2023/november-1/one-people-oration-dignity-and-poverty
about 2 years ago
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Late! And not quite
#TheWinter10
- remaining flowers in the Ashford Hangers are sparse as well as somewhat spindly. But we did find a few this morning for
#WildflowerHour
, including a very late rockrose, with a little fungus and seed head activity for balance
about 2 years ago
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Went looking for the sheep for
@pubstr.at
but the dog wasnāt having any of it, so itāll have to be a selfie today
over 2 years ago
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I took this shot every day in Oct & Nov 2020, charting the progression of autumn colour in the Ashford Hangers. Now Iām mostly back in London, itās nice when wfh coincides with beautiful sunshine
over 2 years ago
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Malvern Hills looking stunning this morning, unexpected and joyous side-benefit of a visit to two local Citizens Advice offices in Worcestershire
over 2 years ago
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Having been kindly invited onto this platform by
@pubstrat.bsky.social
Iām finding it surprisingly hard to jump in and start using it. Possibly a hangover from the other place, where I realise Iād self-censored myself into silence, but time to try and overcome it ā¦
over 2 years ago
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