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DWP's ministerial meetings, January to March 2025
Updated 26 June 2025
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| Minister | Date | Name of Individual or Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Kendall | 2025-01-08 | National Health Service Confederation | A general discussion on the National Health Service Confederation’s role and core functions, as well as how the department collaborates with them |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-01-09 | Trussell, Little Treasures Baby Bank, Young Men's Christian Association Robin Hood Group, Christians Against Poverty, Space 4 U, Newark College, Magnus Academy and West Grantham Primary and Secondary Academies (SNMAT), Young Men's Christian Association England and Wales, Newark Food Banks, Nottinghamshire Police | Met as part of January's Child Poverty Taskforce roundtable to discuss increasing outcomes, reducing costs, increasing financal resilience, and better local services to reduce child poverty |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-01-23 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | Met as part of a visit during the early stages of the Keep Britain Working Review to discuss employment opportunities, workplace support, and the benefits of inclusive hiring for disabled people and those with long-term health conditions |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-01-28 | Kooth, the Centre for Mental Health | A discussion on mental health support and work placements for young persons with mental health conditions |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-01-30 | Billington and Mayman | Met as part of a visit to see Jobcentre recruitment in action, meet employers and employees, and discuss the benefits of DWP partnerships in supporting inclusive hiring and business growth |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-02-25 | Association of British Insurers, Institute for Public Policy Research, Centre for Social Justice, Local Government Association, Fair4All Finance, Citizens Advice, Black Equity Organisation, Nest Insight, Step Change, Fair By Design, Financial Times, University of York, and Changing Realities | Met as part of February's Child Poverty Taskforce roundtable to discuss the critical role of financial resillience and income maximisation in alleviating the effects of child poverty |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-05 | Octopus Energy | Meeting to discuss Workplace Transformation |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-06 | Trade Union Congress, Public and Commercial Services Union | Met as part of a visit to discuss how Jobcentres can better support those with disabilities and long-term health conditions |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-13 | Institute for Fiscal Studies | A meeting to discuss health and disability reform |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-13 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation | A meeting to discuss health and disability reform |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-13 | Citizens Advice | A meeting to discuss health and disability reform |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-13 | Health Foundation | A meeting to discuss health and disability reform |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-18 | Trussell | A meeting to discuss health and disability reform |
| Liz Kendall | 2025-03-20 | Caretech, International Hotel Group, Solar Energy, Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, Business in the Community, Aviva, Deloitte, Amey, Five Guys, UK Hospitality | Met as a roundtable as part of the Keep Britain Working Review to discuss interim findings and hear from disabled employees about the support they’ve received |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-07 | Royal National Institute for Deaf People | to discuss the emerging potential for Aritifical Intelligence to be used for BSL translation, as well as wider British Sign Language and Assisstive Technology issues. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-08 | National Star, Together Trust | to attend the launch of the National Star and Together Trust joint project: What comes after education – The challenges faced by young people with disabilities in adulthood |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-09 | Mott MacDonald | Visit to Mott MacDonald’s office in London to ahead of the launch of the Equality (Race & Disability Bill) Consultation. Minister met with senior leaders for an informal discussion to hear more about Mott MacDonald, their decision to publish their disability pay gap and the impact this is having on disability inclusivity. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-13 | Disability Access Ambassadors | Quarterly catch up with Disability Access Ambassadors. Minister heard updates from attendees who shared their work and achievements, since they last met in September. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-14 | Public Law Project, Citizens Advice | To discuss the findings of their reports. Public Law Project (PLP) report: ‘Pillar to Post: Barriers to dealing with deductions from Universal Credit'. Citizen's Advice: 'Designing out deductions'. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-14 | London Unemployed Strategies | To discuss social security changes and the work of London Unemployed Strategies. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-14 | Celia Chartres-Aris | To understand the past work Celia has done that led to her winning the ‘most influential disabled person in the UK’ award, that the Minister presented to her at the Disability Power 100 event last year. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-14 | Scope | To discuss health and disability benefit reform. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-14 | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Royal College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions Federation | To launch the Healthcare Professionals' Consensus Statement for Action on Health and Work. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-14 | Crisis, Lloyds Banking Group | Parliamentary Reception. This event is to mark the collaboration to end homelessness. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-15 | King's College London | To discuss health and disabiltiy benefit reform. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-15 | Forces in Mind Trust | Forces in Mind Trust and University of Salford Parliamentary Reception, to discuss Forces in Mind Trust’s report ‘Navigating the minefield: Veterans’ experiences of the benefits system over time’. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-16 | Support Dogs | Visit to Support Dogs in Sheffield to meet some of the organisation’s staff and hear about the work of Support Dogs. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-17 | Mencap, Mind, Macmillan, MS Society, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Royal National Institute for Deaf People, Parkinson’s UK, Sense, Z2K, Disability Rights UK, Scope, Leanord Cheshire and Rethink Mental Illness | Meeting with Stakeholders to discuss the Judgment of Work Capability Assessment (WCA): Activities and Descriptors consultation Judicial Review |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-20 | Activity Alliance, Sport England, Durham University Research Steering Group, Disability Rights UK, Dwarf Sports Association, British Fencing, Carly Tait, Durham University, Regional Stakeholder Network East of England Chair | Roundtable to hear first hand experiences of the importance of sport and physical activity for disabled people at both grassroots and elite levels. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-20 | Ambassador of Burundi, Jean Pierre Uwitonze | To discuss how social security works in Burundi and what they can learn from the United Kingdom. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-21 | Neurodiversity Together | To discuss the Health Adjustment Passport that is used by Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches to help jobseekers to identify adjustments they may need to ensure successful job matching. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-21 | Digital Service Consortium | Learn about the work of the Digital Service Consortium and its member organisations, in particular experiences of providing Assisstive Tech support for disabled children and families. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-21 | Disabillity Charities Consortium | To discuss concerns with the budget, specifically the rise in National Insurance Contributions. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-21 | Communication Workers Union | To discuss the Government's plans surrounding people with a disability in work, especially Access to Work and reasonable adjustments. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-22 | Ace Centre | to discuss Assistive and Accessible Technology (ATech), in particular relating to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-23 | National Autistic Society | National Autistic Society’s Parliamentary reception, to launch the new ‘A Constant Fight’ report. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-23 | St Mungo | Visit to sit in on a workshop, meet participants currently working through St Mungo’s Multi Skill scheme. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-23 | Fair Play Playground | to discuss the work undertaken by the group to create the playground. During development for the playground the group worked closely with families who have disabled children. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-27 | Trade Union Congress, Asbestos Victims Support Group Forum, Unions and other local asbestos support groups who support members to make claims. These include: London Asbestos Support Awareness Group (also covering East and Home Counties); Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group; East Midlands Asbestos Support Team; Readley (based in the North East); Asbestos Support Central England (West Midlands). | ‘meet and greet’ with asbestos victims’ charities, hosted by the APPG on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-28 | National Association for Social Prescribing and the National Centre for Creative Health | to learn more about creative health, and gain insight into the opportunities for creative health and social prescribing to support the aims of the Get Britain Working White Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-28 | Scope, Mind, Disability Benefits Consortium, Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Reasearch and Development (RAND) UK, Carers UK, Health Foundation, Inclusion London, Dame Carol Black | Second roundtable with stakeholders to follow up on the case for change for health and disability benfit reform to be included in the Green Paper and discuss broad principals for reform, hearing from stakeholders on disability employment support, and building trust with disabled people and how to engage post-Green Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-28 | Mencap | To attend and speak at Mencap’s parliamentary reception. The reception is an opportunity to educate new and returning Members of Parliament and Peers about Mencap and the barriers and inequalities facing the 1.5 million people with a learning disability across the UK. It will focus on Mencap’s current areas of work, upscale people’s understanding of learning disability, and offer them a chance to connect with their Network Partner or campaigning organisation. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-28 | Gingerbread | Gingerbread hosting a Parliamentary Reception following the launch of their “Fix the CMS” report. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-28 | Scope | To discuss health and disability benefit reform. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-29 | Tata Consultancy Services | To discuss British Sign Language Artificial Intelligence solutions. Tata are working on a sign language translation solutions. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-29 | King's College London | To discuss health and disability benefit reform. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-29 | Employment Related Services Association | Parliamentary Reception which will explore the detail included in November’s ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper and showcases the current landscape of employment support in the UK. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-01-30 | Mencap, Sense International, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Practioners, Royal College of Psychiatry, Leonard Cheshire, Resolution Foundation, British Medical Association, Northumbria University, Disability Rights UK, Leeds University | Second roundtable with stakeholders to follow up on the case for change for health and disability benfit reform to be included in the Green Paper and discuss broad principals for reform, hearing from stakeholders on disability employment support, and building trust with disabled people and how to engage post-Green Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-04 | Prospect Union | to discuss their views over a properly resourced HSE in order to maintain its reputation as a respected regulator and to work on the health agenda; Make Work Pay; and the government’s emerging thoughts on the building of the future safety regulator. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-04 | Radiotherapy UK | To attend their #Catchupwithcancer Parliamentary Reception. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-05 | School for Social Entreprenuers, Happy Smiles Training Community Interest Company, Harry Specters, Ability Consultancy, Travel Hands, Even Break, Nickel Support, Send it to Alex, Little Gate Farm, Disability Sports Coach, Autek Community Interest Company. | Roundtable with social enterprises that support disabled people. The meeting will bring together voluntary sector leaders, social entrepreneurs, and policy makers to discuss the best conditions for employment opportunities for people with disabilities. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-10 | GoodThingsFoundation | to explore digital inclusion for claimants with disabilities and its potential to enhance their lives and employment opportunities. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-10 | The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Resolution Foundation, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Christians Against Poverty (CAP), Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Citizens Advice Scotland, Joseph Roundtree Foundation. | To discuss the manifesto commitment to review Universal Credit. To gather initial views on key areas of the review and to share our planned approach, overall goals and timeline woth stakeholders. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-10 | Surviving Economic Abuse | To listen to and discuss the concerns raised by Surviving Economic Abuse and assure them that owner-occupiers are not prevented from claiming housing support if they have left their home through fear of violence and that the capital value of a home that a customer has fled from is not a limiting factor in receiving support with housing costs. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-10 | Spinal Injuries Association | Parliamentary Reception. The event is to mark the very first National Awareness Day for Paralysed Bowel Care. A milestone in their campaign to improve care and support for individuals living with neurogenic bowel dysfunction. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-11 | David Forbes Nixon Charitable Foundation | To discuss updates about the Disability Employment Charter and to provide updates on the draft Equality Bill and Disability Confident. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-12 | EnableAll | To discuss the support it offers people with a range of disabilities of all ages who use digital technology |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-13 | Modern Markets for All | to discuss their learnings on embracing gig work economies. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-18 | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assisstive Tech | Minister delivered keynote speech to mark the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group’s report, Connect to Success: Technology and Employment Support for Disabled People |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-18 | Disability Resilience Network | to discuss the difficulties Disabled People face from the ‘demand side of the disability labour market’, and how the Government might address this |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-25 | City of London Coporation | Event to celebrate the achievements of Special Educational Needs (SEND) learners and the 33 Greater London Local Authorities who have supported them. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-27 | Kate Ferguson, Political Editor, Sun on Sunday | Introductory meeting to discuss the Government's key priorities. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-27 | Support and Mentoring Enabling Entrepreneurship (SAMEE) | to learn more about SAMEE and their programme. It may help to inform future decisions around future employment support for young disabled people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-02-27 | Peter Walker, Senior Political Correspondent, The Guardian, and Aletha Adu, Political Correspondent, The Guardian | Introductory meeting to discuss the Government's key priorities. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-03 | The Eyes Have It | Exhibition Launch in Parliament. The Eyes Have It is a partnership of the Macular Society, Fight for Sight, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Association of Optometrists, Royal College of Ophthalmologists and Roche Products Ltd. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-04 | SignHealth | To discuss how they can support the Government in policy development for Deaf people. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-04 | Labour Market Advisory Board: Health Foundation, Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities, Trade Union Congress, University of Strathclyde, London School of Economics, Nuffield Foundation, University of Bath. | to discuss Labour Market Advisory Board's paper on reducing inactivity due to health conditions and to get your comments on the direction of the paper and how it best fits with the launch of the Green Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-06 | Catholic Church, Church of England, Christians Against Poverty, Churchworks, Good Faith UK, Methodist Church, Interlink Foundation, Salvation Army, Jewish Board of Deputies. | Faith roundtable to understand the opportunities, barriers and limitations that faith-based organisations face in their work on tackling poverty. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-06 | National Down Syndrome Policy Group | Drop in for National Down Syndrome Policy Group’s Annual Awareness Reception. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-06 | Vision Beyond Autism | to build on the work already undertaken with officials and highlight the difficulties in securing independent and supported living through a registered provider, in a local development within their local town. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-06 | Hidden 20% Podcast | Interview with the Hidden 20% podcast which focuses on issues relating to the neurodivergent community. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-10 | Health Foundation | Launch of their final report of the Healthier Working Lives Commission. Minister spoke at the event responding to the recommendations of the report. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-10 | It's Never You | To discuss support for parents with children who are in hospital for extended periods of time. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-10 | Microsoft | To discuss their social return on investment impact analysis of the accessibility training programme Microsoft ran with DWP’s work coaches. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-10 | Regional Stakeholder Network | Quarterly meeting with the Regional Stakeholder Network Chairs. The theme for this meeting was to discuss welfare reform ahead of the Green Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-11 | Disabled People Organisation Forum of England | Quarterly meeting. The agenda for this meeting focused on their call for a ‘transformative strategy’ across a range of policy areas that impact disabled people’s daily lives. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-11 | Emma Foster and Dr Finella Craig | To discuss the challenges that parents face when they experience the death of a child with a life-limiting condition . |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-12 | Disability Charities Consortium | Quarterly meeting. The agenda for this meeting was to discuss Get Britain Working, the upcoming Green Paper, especially regarding Access to Work, ATech and experience of Jobcentres, along with government and Ministerial priorities. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-12 | Carer's Trust | Drop in at Carers Trust Young Carers Action Day Parliamentary Reception. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-17 | MS Society, Disabilty Benefits Consortium Co-Chairs, Inclusion Barnet, Royal College of GPs, Faculty of occupational medicine, Mind, Disability Rights UK and DPO Forum England, Inclusion London, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, Turn2Us, Resolution Foundation, Inclusion London, Carers UK, Sense, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Research and Development Europe (RAND Europe), Z2K, Trussell, Rethink Mental Illness, Mental Health UK, Scope, Mencap. | To provide stakeholders with advance notice of the upcoming green paper on disability benefits and employment support, and to establish lines of communication ahead of its publication |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-19 | Tata Consultancy Services | Visit to Tata Consulting Services to chair a roundtable on British Sign Language and Artificial Intelligence. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-24 | Chartered Institute of Housing | Introductory conversation with the Chartered Institute of Housing to hear their reflections on the key issues for the housing sector. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-26 | Carer's UK and Carer's Trust | To discuss the announcements from Chancellor's Spring Statement and the publication of the Impact Assessment and Equality Analysis regarding the impact of Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-26 | Scope, Business Disability Forum (BDF), Mind, | To discuss the announcements from Chancellor's Spring Statement and the publication of the Impact Assessment and Equality Analysis regarding the impact of Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-26 | Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London, Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People | To discuss the announcements from Chancellor's Spring Statement and the publication of the Impact Assessment and Equality Analysis regarding the impact of Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. |
| Stephen Timms | 2025-03-26 | Inclusion Barnet, MS Society, Parkinson’s UK, Mencap | To discuss the announcements from Chancellor's Spring Statement and the publication of the Impact Assessment and Equality Analysis regarding the impact of Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-08 | Unison, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Fire Brigade Union, Resolution Foundation, Work Foundation, Health Foundation, Centre for Progressive Change , Institute for Public Policy Research, Citizen's Advice, National Education Union, Public and Commercial Services Union, General Federation of Trade Unions, National House Building Council Staff Association | Roundtable to discuss Statutory Sick Pay |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-08 | Veer | Meeting to discuss Veer's conversational ArtificiaI Intelligence tool for jobseekers |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-09 | Witton Lodge Community Association | Meeting to learn about the aims of the North Birmingham Economic Recovery Board and hear how the partners work together to deliver those aims. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-13 | Rethink, Resolution Foundation, Institute for Employment, Centre for Social Justice, Work Foundation, New Economics Foundation, Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, Institute for Public Policy Research, The Health Foundation, The Kings Trust | Roundtable to discuss Mental Health and Employment |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-14 | Sir Charlie Mayfield | Meeting to discuss the Independent "Keep Britain Working" Employer Review |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-14 | Independent Television | Meeting to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions through the Jobcentre Plus network can support their recruitment needs and help develop their workforce by offering tailored employment programmes |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-14 | Fawcett Society | Meeting to discuss the barriers women face in the Labour Market |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-15 | One Million Mentors | Meeting to discuss One Million Mentors work so far with young people and their three-year proposal to the Government |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-16 | Small Heath Leadership Academy | Meeting pupils and staff to hear how they support children experiencing poverty |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-16 | Save the Children, West Midlands Combined Authority, Home Start, West Midlands Citizen's UK, Free @ Last | Discussion on challenges faced in the West Midlands with regards to child poverty |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-21 | Trades Union Congress | Meeting to discuss Statutory Sick Pay |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-22 | Social Mobility Commission | Meeting to hear an overview of the Social Mobility Commission's publications and activities, and how these can contribute to understanding, analysis and policy approaches on the Government’s priorities. Discuss the Get Britain Working White Paper, growth and breaking down barriers to opportunity, and closer Department of Work and Pensions and Social Mobility Commission working. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-22 | Multiple Sclorosis Society | Meeting to continue to build a constructive relationship with the Multiple Sclorosis Society and understand their concerns around adequate employment and welfare support for people living with Multiple Sclorosis, while also reinforcing the our commitment to working with disabled people. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-22 | Thomas Pocklington Trust, Fight for Sight, Sense, Optomotry Today, Royal Society for Blind Children, Nystagmus Network, Channel 4, Retina UK, SeeAbility, Moorfields Eye Hospital, General Optical Council, Plmr, Royal National Institute of Blind People, My Sight York, Lambeth Employment Service | All Party Parliamentary Group meeting to discuss the Changing Attitudes Changing Lives report recommendations |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-23 | Sheffield Council, Barnsley Council | Meeting to discuss the Trailblazer and how they are planning for the launch. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-23 | West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, East Midlands Combined County Authority | Mayoral Council Meeting to discuss the role of Council of Nations and Regions and Mayoral Council, Work and Employment, Post English Devolution White Paper Engagement and Regional Growth Strategy |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-23 | Co-operative | Meeting to highlight the relationship between the Department for Work and Pensions and Co-operative |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-28 | Citizens Advice, Wiltshire Family Hub, Home Start, Kennet Furniture Recycling, Wiltshire Community Foundation | Roundtable to discuss household costs and the impact on Child Poverty |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-28 | National Association for Social Prescribing, National Centre for Creative Health , Chair of the All Political Party Group on Creative Health | A meeting to learn about creative health, and gain insight into the opportunities for creative health and social prescribing to support the aims of the Get Britain Working White Paper, and the aims of the Health and Disability Reform Green Paper. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-28 | Inverclyde Council | Meeting on the labour market in Inverclyde with an Inverclyde Council Delegation |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-29 | Trade Union Congress, General and Municipal Worker's Union, Unison, Unite, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers | Roundtable to discuss Statutory Sick Pay and Employment Rights Bill |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-01-30 | Multibank, The Felix Project, Pecan, Little Village, Trussell, Amazon, St Raphaels Family Wellbeing Centre | Discussion on recognising the positive action taken by the UK Government on child poverty, building preventative local crisis support and community reslience and cross rector collaboration |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-04 | Citizen's Advice | Meeting to discuss the Child Poverty Strategy and Job Centre Workcoaches |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-04 | Channel 4 | Meeting to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions through it's Jobcentre Plus network can support with recruitment and increase diversity and inclusion within the company. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-05 | Social Mobility Foundation | Meeting to discuss recent findings of the Social Mobility Employer Index and what Department for Work and Pensions is planning to do to help young people be upwardly mobile with a focus on the Youth Guarantee |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-05 | Trussell, Independent Food Aid Network, Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank | Meeting of the All Parliamentary Party Group on Ending the Need for Foodbanks to share reflections on the number of people facing hunger and hardship across the UK and the Government's plans to delivery on its manifesto commitment to end 'mass dependency on emergency food parcels. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-06 | Daily Mail, Daily Mirror | Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-10 | Aldi | Meeting to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions through it's Jobcentre Plus network can support with recruitment and increase diversity and inclusion within the company. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-11 | Greater London Authority, Lambeth Council, Hackney Council | Roundtable to discuss developing the Child Poverty Strategy |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-12 | The Financial Times Economics Editor, Sam Fleming | Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-13 | Agence de France Travail | Visit of the agency with a focus on the delivery of a digital services offer |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-24 | Save the Children | Meeting to discuss how Save the Children and Department for Work and Pensions can work more closely together |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-25 | Association of British Insurers, Financial Conduct Authority, Institute for Public Policy Research, Centre for Social Justice, Local Government Association, Fair4allFinance, Citizen's Advice, Black Equity Organisation, Nest Insight, Stepchange, Fair by Design, Financial Times, University of York | Meeting of the Child Poverty Taskforce to discuss financial resilience |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-25 | University of Kent, University of South Wales, Exeter University, Kings Business School, Genius Within | A seminar providing an early opportunity to discuss the participants approach, existing insights into key workplace challenges, and high value questions they expect to explore during the course of the review |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-26 | UK Hospitality | Key note speaker at Workforce and Skills Event 2025 |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-26 | National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Trades Union Congress, Unison, Unite, General and Municipal Worker's Union, Royal Collge of Nursing, National Education Union | Roundtable to discuss the Child Poverty Strategy |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-02-27 | Cliff Hotel | Meeting with members of staff hired through initatives in partnership between Choice Hotels and the Department for Work and Pensions. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-03 | Child Poverty Action Group, Resolution Foundation, Nuffield Foundation, Action for Children, Imact on Urban Health, Welsh Government, Resolve Poverty, Improvement Service Scotland, University of York, Citizen's Advice, Save the Children, Children in Wales, Swansea University, Scottish Government, Children's Commissoner for Wales, North East Child Poverty Commission | Attended and spoke at a Roundtable hosted by Child Poverty Action Group for the launch of their "Implementating a Child Poverty Strategy" report |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-04 | Buckinghamshire Council, Liverpool City Council, Hull City Council, Birmingham City Council, Bristol City Council, Essex County Council, Chesterfield Borough Councilm Devon County Council, Lewes District Council | Meeting to provide an update to Local Government Association councillors on the progress of Get Britain Working reforms and how the Local Government Association can further support delivery |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-04 | University of Bath, Nuffield Foundation, Centre for Economic Performance, University of Strathclyde, Trades Union Congress, Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities, Health Foundation | Meeting with Labour Market Advisory Board to discuss their paper on reducing inactivity due to health conditions |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-10 | MultiBank | Attend the opening of West Midlands Multibank |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-11 | Faisal Islam, Economics Editor for the British Broadcasting Corperation | Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-12 | National Health Service England, Local Government Association, Business Disability Forum, Mind, Versus Arthritis, The Health Foundation, Trade Unions Congress, Federation of Small Businesses, British Chamber of Commerce, Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Institute for Employment Studies, National Health England Confederation, Disability Rights UK, Scope, South Yorkshire Mayoral COmbined Authority, Co-operative, Boots | Roundable to discuss the National Health Service 10-Year Plan. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-12 | Scope, Business Disability Forum, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Royal National Institute for Deaf People, Mencap, Sense, Mind, Leonard Cheshire, National Autistic Society | Meeting of the Disability Charities Consortium to discuss Get Britain Working and the upcoming Green Paper |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-12 | King's College | Meeting to discuss Labour Force Statistics |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-12 | Child Poverty Action Group | Stakeholder call to engage ahead of the Pathways to Work Green paper launch |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-13 | York Community Furniture Store | Visit to York Community Furniture Store to hear more about their partnership with the JobCentre and Build to Thrive Partnership. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-13 | Blue Apple Training Provider, Reducing Inequalities Supporting Employment, Fresh Steps | Meeting with local employers and partners who work closely with the York Monkgate JobCentre to hear about what is working well and what can be done to improve collaboration |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-13 | York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | Conversations on a visit to local jobcentre in York |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-13 | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Sheffield Council | Meeting to discuss further opportunities for joined up working across central, local Government and local partners |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-17 | Save the Children | Stakeholder call to engage ahead of the Pathways to Work Green paper launch |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-17 | Confederation of British Industry | Stakeholder call to engage ahead of the Pathways to Work Green paper launch |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-18 | Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Sefton Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, Tees Valley Combined Authority, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | Stakeholder call to engage ahead of the Pathways to Work Green paper launch |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-18 | Unite, Unison, Community Trade Union, Trades Union Congress, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Nursing | Stakeholder call to engage ahead of the Pathways to Work Green paper launch |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-18 | Amazon UK, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corperation Limited, B&M, Matches Fashion, Association of Convienence Stores, British Independent Retailers Association, Sainsbury's, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Keelham Farm Shop, Boots, British Retail Consortium, Argoes, Currys, Primark, Pinewood Technologies Public Limited Company, IKEA, The Very Group | Meeting of the Retail Sector Council to provide an update on the work Department for Work and Pensions is doing that has an impact on the retail sector |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-19 | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Speak at an event with Greater Manchester Council Authority - in conversation event on the Live-Well proposal |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-19 | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss delivering Greater Manchester Live Well and support from the Government for further devolution of employment support |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-19 | Local Government Association | Stakeholder call to engage ahead of the Pathways to Work Green paper launch |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-20 | Kammac, UK Warehousing Association, Road to Logistics, Road Haulage Association, Logistics UK, Wincanton, GXO Logistics, Granby Market Services Limited, Dalsey Hillblom and Lynn, Howard Tenens Logistics | Logistics Recruitment Innovation Workshop and discussion on Get Britain Working |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-20 | West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Meeting to discuss progress to date including Jobs and Careers Service Pathfinder and readiness to launch the Health Trailblazer in West Yorkshire |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-24 | Resolution Foundation | Meeting to discuss the future work of Resolution Foundation on the Labour Market, Inactivity and their latest data |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-25 | Young Londoners Summit | Keynote speaker at the Young Londoner's Summit. The event is convened by the Mayor's Fund for London and focusses on inclusive growth for young people facing the biggest barriers |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-25 | Knowsley Council | Meeting to discuss Get Britain Working reform, how the Council’s “Knowsley Works” service may be able to support Government employment support reforms, and hear Knowsley’s priorities. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-25 | Anusha Asthana Deputy Editor of Independent Television News | Meeting to discuss the government's plan to Get Britain Working |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-25 | North East Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority, West of England Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, East Midlands Combined County Authority, Greater London Authority, Local Government Association | A meeting with Metro Mayors to discuss delivery of the Youth and Inactivity Trailblazers. |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-25 | Recruitment and Employment Federation | Meeting to discuss engagement of private sector with reform program for job centres |
| Alison McGovern | 2025-03-27 | Children in Need | Discussion to establish working with Government and private sector, to increase scale and leverage all funding routes |
| Emma Reynolds | 2025-01-07 | British Business Bank | To discuss the Pensions Review and insights from British Growth Partnership |
| Emma Reynolds | 2025-01-08 | Meet and Greet | To discuss the Pensions Review |
| Emma Reynolds | 2025-01-08 | Pensions Policy Institute | Speech at a policy workshop design to capture views from industry stakeholders to inform policy development for the Pensions Invstment Review. |
| Emma Reynolds | 2025-01-14 | Royal Society of Arts | To discuss Collective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-01-28 | Pensions Lifetime Savings Association | Touching upon the Pensions Review, and how industry and Government can work together to help everyone achieve a better income in retirement. |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-01-30 | Meet and Greet | To discuss the Chanceller of the Exchequer's growth speech |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-01-31 | Legal and General | To discuss the Chanceller of the Exchequer's growth speech |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-02-05 | Pensions Lifetime Savings Association | Introductory meeting |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-02-12 | Allied Steel Wire Representatives | To discuss pre 1997 indexation |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-02-24 | Royal Society of Arts | To discuss Collective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-02-25 | Health Employee Superannuation Trust Austrailia | To share lessons from pensions reforms in Australia and focus on UK investment opportunities. |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-02-26 | Pensions Lifetime Savings Association | To discuss The Pensions Review |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-02-26 | Living Wage Foundation | To discuss improving pension outcomes and assessing retirement adequacy |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-03 | Aviva | To discuss The Pensions Review |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-03 | Aviva, Peoples Partnership, All Or None, National Employment Savings Trust, Legal and General, Smart Pension, Royal London, The Phoenix Group, Mercer, Aegon | Roundtable to discuss the Pensions Investment Review |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-05 | Eversheds Sutherland | Pensions Symposium on UK growth and pensions reform |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-05 | Cushon | Event on Master Trusts specifically Fiduciary Duty |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-10 | BlackRock | To discuss collective Defined Contribution pensions, pensions investment and other reform areas. |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-11 | Pensions Lifetime Savings Association | Pensions Investment conference |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-13 | Pensions Lifetime Savings Association and Association of British Insurers and City of London Corporation | To discuss ways to drive increased productive investment in the pensions sector |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-17 | Independent Age | Health and Disability Green Paper stakeholder calls |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-17 | Age Uk | Health and Disability Green Paper stakeholder calls |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-20 | Panmure Liberum, Simon French, Chief Economist and Head of Research | To discuss pensions investment and UK capital markets. |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-20 | Pensions Lifetime Savings Association and Association of British Insurers and City of London Corporation. | To discuss ways to drive increased productive investment in the pensions sector. |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-27 | Willis Towers Watson / LifeSight | To discuss ways to drive increased productive investment in the pensions sector. |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-27 | Scottish Widows | To discuss ways to drive increased productive investment in the pensions sector. |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-27 | JP Morgan | Pensions Symposium on UK growth and pensions reform |
| Torsten Bell | 2025-03-31 | Fidelity International | To discuss ongoing industry efforts to reach a voluntary commitment on private investment in the context of the Pensions Investment Review |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-08 | Veer AI | To discuss and recieve a demonstration of their conversational artificial intelligence career support tool |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-20 | Newton Impact | To discuss tech transformation |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-23 | UK Finance | Meeting as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-27 | Disability Rights UK, National Survivor User Network | Meeting as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-27 | Parkinsons, Carers UK | Meeting with Disability Charities as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-28 | Step Change, Trussell Trust, Money and Pensions Service, Citizens Advice, Age UK, Turn2Us, Christians Against Poverty, Joseph Rowntree Foundation | Meeting with Advocacy Groups as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-28 | Federation of Small Businesses, MakeUK, British Chambers, | Met with Business Organisations as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill |
| Andrew Western | 2025-01-30 | UK Finance, Financial Conduct Authority, Natwest, Lloyds | Meeting with Banks as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill |
| Andrew Western | 2025-02-05 | Capita | To discuss their views on Department for Work and Pension's commercial process and how this could be more innovative |
| Andrew Western | 2025-02-10 | Octopus Energy | To discuss tech transformation and to learn about their successes through Kraken |
| Andrew Western | 2025-02-12 | Starling Bank, Nationwide, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Trustee Savings Bank, Santander | Meeting with Banks as part of ongoing engagement on the measures in the forthcoming Public Authorities Fraud, Error and Recovery Bill |
| Andrew Western | 2025-03-20 | ServiceNow | To discuss their work with the Government Digital Service and proposed productivity proof of concept |
| Andrew Western | 2025-03-24 | Microsoft | to discuss their work with Department for Work and Pension's to date and areas of potential future collaboration. |
| Andrew Western | 2025-03-27 | Office for Nuclear Regulation | Introductory meeting |
| Andrew Western | 2025-03-31 | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, Centrica, Utilita, Consumer Scot, Energy UK, SG Energy, Citizen's Advice | Data sharing roundtable with officials and members of energy suppliers to discuss development of support under the Warm Home Discount |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-01-15 | Women's Aid | Introductory meeting to discuss their recent report "The Price of Safety: the cost of leaving an abuser and rebuilding a safe, independent life", supporting victims and no recourse to public funds, VAWG strategies, and safeguarding vulnerable claimant's work and pensions committee hearing summary. |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-01-23 | Offploy | Introductory meeting to discuss Offploy's work to support ex-offenders into work, to gather their views on wider support for ex-offenders, and to consider ways of working together. |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-01-27 | Disability Rights UK, National Survivor User Network, Parkinsons, Carers UK, Disability People's organisations, disability charities | Meeting with Disability Charities to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-01-29 | Step Change, Trussell Trust, Money and Pensions Service, Citizens Advice, Age UK, Turn2Us, Christians against poverty | Meeting with Stakeholders to discuss Fraud, Error and Debt Bill |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-01-30 | UK Finance, Financial Conduct Authority, Natwest, Lloyds | Meeting with Financial Services to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-02-04 | Maternity Action, Women's Budget group | Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation's priorities, campaigns and asks of the government |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-02-10 | Surviving economic abuse | Introductory meeting with the organisation to discuss the work of the organisation |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-02-06 | Crisis | Introductory meeting with Crisis |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-02-06 | Information Commissioners Office | Meeting to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-02-12 | Starling Bank, Nationwide, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Trustee Savings Bank, Santander | Meeting with Financial service to discuss the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-02-13 | Refugee Council | Introductory meeting to discuss the support provided to asylum seekers and refugees |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-02-27 | Gingerbread | Meeting to discuss Gingerbread's report "Fix the CMS" |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-03-04 | One Parent Families Scotland, Fife-Gingerbread, Institute of Public Policy Research | Meeting to discuss the "transforming child maintenance" project and their findings from the interim report "Child Maintenance and its impact on child poverty and financial security for single parent families" |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-03-04 | Methodist Church, Let's End Poverty | Meeting with Let's End Poverty movement to hear from people who have experienced poverty and for their insight and experience to be embedded in the policy-making process from the outset |
| Maeve Sherlock | 2025-03-21 | Bishop of Leicester, Bishop of Manchester, Bishop of Huddersfield, Bishop of Bedford, Bishop of Barking, Bishop of Warrington, Acting Bishop of Ely, Bishop of York, Deputy head of Parliamentary Affairs in the Church of England, Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Plymouth, Bishop of London | Meeting with Church of England Bishops to discuss the Green Paper and impacts |