Clare Moriarty
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Clare Moriarty is a seasoned public servant with extensive experience in civil service and policy-making. This interview highlights her commitment to stability and support for those in need, particularly during challenging times, showcasing her role as a trusted leader in turbulent environments.
“Giving advice to people on a huge range of issues. So we're a federated charity. We have 257 local systems of advice, each of which is their own charity, a huge range of different shapes and sizes. The kind of core of system device is that generalist device, anybody can come along and ask for advice.”
“The nuclear button is, I mean, not necessarily resigning. There are all sorts of sort of subsidiary steps where you could go to somebody in the department and say, I feel that my values are under too much stress and working in this place. I mean, people make decisions all the time about where they want to work.”
“I don't think, I mean, both in Defra and let's talk about Dexu, I don't think people felt that that was the tension. I think the tension was simply trying to operate in an environment where nobody could take decisions. Government became unable to take decisions.”
“So, I mean, I'm really worried about the situations being faced by the people who are coming to us because as I was saying at the start, we are in a situation where we have both got probably everything we could have hoped for from the autumn statement, but we know it's not going to be enough.”
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