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Tom MacInnes

@tommacinnes.bsky.social
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Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing.

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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This should have been said on day 1. It's been left too long, giving them more confidence and space to push their agenda and actions even further. This message needs to come from the PM, repeatedly.
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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Habemus statisticus!
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The weather over the past 100 days: 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🌧️
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Essential listening
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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 17/08/2026
29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
There’s an underlying assumption a lot of people are making that if a black guy successfully misleads you, it means you have set your racism levels too low.
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A brilliant brilliant essay which explains the maths behind why Spotify always recommends me something I’ll like and never anything I‘ll love
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Terrible argument. Making subscriptions easy to cancel IS a better product and makes the industry look less scammy
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I get there’s algorithms at work but there is no good reason why I’m seeing this story on the BBC beyond the fact there is some culture war adjacent stuff going on in WNBA rn. There are no other NBA or WNBA stories on the page (also I’m not into basketball) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basket...
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Chicago's DiJonai Carrington ejected for hard foul on Sophie Cunningham
Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington is ejected from her side's defeat by Indiana Fever for committing a hard foul, before taking to social media to post "white privilege".
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Philarsopher @philarsopher.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
He came from Greece, was bad at first for Norwich…
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Citizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
💡 The last few years have shown just how quickly global events can drive up our energy prices. But incomes and bill support mechanisms have not kept up. It’s time for the government to #TurnTheTide on energy, housing and debt. Read more ⤵️ bit.ly/4eWFL1M
It's time to turn the tide
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Sarah Hadfield @drsarahhadfield.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New 🔦SPOTLIGHT 🔦Report by @citizensadvice.bsky.social finds UC can create barriers to victim-survivors of domestic abuse to financial independence and freedom. Based on frontline insights, the report highlights 6 common challenges faced by claimants. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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Universal Credit and domestic abuse: a spotlight report
Spotlight report by Dr Sarah Hadfield on how Universal Credit could better support victim-survivors of domestic abuse.
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Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Some shocking stats on the impact of frozen support for housing costs. Ending the freeze is a no-brainer for boosting living standards 👇
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/06/2026
This is remarkable.
Bar chart which shows y-axis running 0-8000, and x-axis showing years 2019 and 2024. For 2019, a light orange bar runs up to just over 6000, with a darker orange running up to 8000. For 2024, a green bar runs up to 4000, with a dark green running to about 5000. The text "40% lower" is on the lighter green bar. Text at the top of the graphic reads "Estimated air pollution deaths are down by around 40%. New analysis estimates deaths associated with air pollution in London reduced substantially between 2019 and 2024." Text at the bottom of the graphic reads "Note: darker shading shows estimated ranges. Data based on a comparison of estimated mortality burden using updated methods and a scenario-based analysis where only air pollution changes. Source: london.gov.uk/aqmortality". The Mayor of London logo sits in the bottom right-hand corner.
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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Love this as a prevention case study: - Low cost, even revenue raising in the short term - Improves health outcomes and reduces costly hospital admissions Shows political leadership is key: - Politically costly for Khan to implement - Did it despite cost savings landing outside GLA
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is true and also Prefab Sprout are an amazing band I wish I’d got into sooner.
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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Treating any communication platform that algorithmically selects which content to put in front of a user as a publisher, and legally responsible for that content, is the screamingly obvious solution that will deeply upset maybe seven companies and make life considerably better.
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Caroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"The people coming to us every 30 seconds in crisis aren't just worrying about August, they're already struggling now and fear things will only get worse as winter hits" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cheaper theme park tickets and children's meals as VAT to be cut for some attractions this summer
Chancellor Rachel Reeves made a series of announcements aimed at relieving cost-of-living pressures.
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Ed Pemberton @epemberton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today, alongside the @healthfoundation.bsky.social , we’ve published a major report looking at the link between poor health and housing. Too many people in the UK live in homes that are making them sick and it’s worsening health inequalities. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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Building healthier foundations: How to improve access to healthy housing for all
Report funded by the Health Foundation exploring the links between housing and health
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Caroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.mirror.co.uk/money/britis...
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British Gas to pay customers compensation over forced prepayment meter scandal
British Gas apologies for controversy in which debt agents working on its behalf had broken into the homes of vulnerable customers to fit prepayment energy meters
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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
***The Disability Statistics Disaster*** I don't trust the official UK statistics on trends in the disability employment gap, and neither should you... -> New blog post at inequalities.substack.com/p/the-disabi...
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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This is an astonishingly successful public policy reform, and so heartening. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Martha’s rule may have saved more than 500 lives in England since 2024
Patient safety mechanism which gives patients the right to seek a second opinion having ‘lifesaving impact’, says health secretary
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Really good answer from Kompany on Mourinho, Vinicius Jr and all that:
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Kompany SLAMS Mourinho over VINICIUS INCIDENT —Calls out RACISM in FOOTBALL | FULL ADDRESS
YouTube video by Diario AS
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 11/02/2026
Speaking to the Unsung Britain conference yesterday, @claremoriarty.bsky.social from @citizensadvice.bsky.social emphasised the importance of joined up policy making ⤵️
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NEW: Planned welfare reform could see big benefit cuts for disabled people who can't work, Citizens Advice has warned The government wants to replace long-term ESA disability benefits with a new, much more time-limited benefit called Unemployment Insurance (UI) www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work
Long-term claimants of employment and support allowance could be moved over to a new, time-limited disability benefit – equating to cuts.
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
That’s a lot of fireworks.
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
A great, great thread
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This year - one of both mat leave and reporting travels around the country - I've found an alternative story to the "Broken Britain" narrative. My column for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Christmas issue:
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I was wrong about Broken Britain
The country can feel divided and lost, but there’s always another side to the story
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Late shout for this. Still time to register!
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Ahead of our end of year Data Insights session (sign up here! Featuring special guest @anooshc.bsky.social from the New Statesman www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/turning-th...) I wrote something very short on the 2 child limit, living standards and political ambition medium.com/p/9e10a39f80cf
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Turning the Tide or Treading Water? Living Standards After the Budget
After the government’s key announcements and the recent Autumn Budget, we’ll explore what those decisions mean for households and families.
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
100% against the concept of things/ people being ‘overrated’. Goes for music, football, films whatever. If you don’t like it, say what you think, don’t bring others’ opinions into it.
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Citizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The living standards crisis will worsen without urgent action. Targeted bill support is needed. For energy alone, it could save 5.6 million households an average of £360 a year. The government and suppliers must act now to stop people spiralling into debt.
Image shows a man looking at his phone with a worried expression. Text across reads, "Changing bill support for things like energy and water could save eligible households £950 a year".
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It is a lot of tweets but it’s worth reading. As he says - you can disagree on the substance. But we need to talk about the substance!
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Citizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"Scrapping the two-child limit and addressing high energy bills will prevent hundreds of thousands of children from growing up in poverty and help households across the country keep the lights on." Our CEO responds to today's Autumn Budget ⤵️ bit.ly/4pDEOzb
Text reads: "These commitments mark a vital turning point. We hope the Government continues in this direction, as there's still more to do to ensure every household can live a life free from poverty."
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Alex Belsham-Harrris @alexbelsham-harris.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Great to see energy bills cut by average £150 in the budget - with the focus rightly on tackling the disproportionate cost of electricity. This should make it easier for people to benefit from clean power, and support people on electric heating, who are often in the deepest fuel poverty 1/2
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Laura Hutchinson 🌸 @lauralhutch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Poverty is so expensive to our state and public services. It damages life chances for children and has a massive drag on the economy. Here’s what one of our brilliant frontline advisers wrote in our Budget submission on this:
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Laura Hutchinson 🌸 @lauralhutch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Scrapping the two-child limit is a brilliant step forward. Reversing this cruel policy will not only pull hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty altogether (and lift many more out of very deep poverty); it will also stop over 100 additional children from being pulled into poverty every day
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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
One of the big mistakes the left made was branding tax credits as corporate welfare. You need cash transfers as well as a minimum wage because different people have different financial needs. A minimum wage high enough to support three kids and a disabled spouse is not a sensible minimum wage.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
A chart showing child poverty in the UK increasing sharply if the two child limit remains in place, and falling if it is scrapped.
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Dan Barrett @dasbarrett.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Buckle up friend it’s time for bread made out of crisps 🍞 🥔 Full disclosure it was not a flawless first attempt. The aim was to make a loaf of bread where the majority ingredient is crisps. 1. Buy 450g of crisps, without shame
3 x 150g bags of ready salted crisps
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Caroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
news.sky.com/story/best-a...
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Best and worst parcel delivery companies revealed
Royal Mail, Amazon, DPD, Evri and Yodel have been ranked in light of a report from Citizens Advice, which finds millions of people are experiencing problems with their parcel deliveries.
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Really good thread from Becca here
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Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Proper good news today - the Renters' Rights Act gets Royal Assent. Citizens Advice see 200 people a day with problems in private rented housing. The act shifts the balance towards tenants, but it's just the start, as @tessthompsonca.bsky.social says here wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/the-renters-...
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The Renters’ Rights Act is here — but the work is just beginning
After years of waiting, the Renters’ Rights Act has finally received Royal Assent and passed into law. We’ve campaigned hard for this, and…
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Is saying that the Jews run the world antisemitic or just vigilant? Tune in for next week's episode of "is it racist to be racist"
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Karen Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Every word of this.
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Caroline Marrows @cmarrows.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
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Millions in households in England and Wales are stuck in the red, says charity
Citizens Advice says 4 million people spending more on essentials than they earn amid ever-increasing bills
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