Ministers' Meetings

Met Greater London Authority, London Fire Brigade, Waltham Forest London Borough Council, Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, Hillingdon London Borough Council , Southern Housing Group, Lambeth London Borough Council, National Fire Chiefs Council, London Councils, Westminster City Council

To discuss the remediation of unsafe buildings in London

Met Cash Access

To discuss banking hubs

Met Bite Back, Youth Board

To discuss children's views of the quality of school food

Met Star Coaches

Met with Imran Dabhad (Managing Director) of Star Coaches at their depot in Bately along with Declan Pang, Andy Warrender and Richard Smith from the Road Haulage Association (RHA), as a part of National Coach Week, to discuss the opportunities and challenges for the coach industry.

Met Funding Circle, UK Finance, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Allica Bank, British Business Bank, The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers, Finance and Leasing Association, Ultimate Finance, and HM Treasury.

To discuss barriers to both the demand and supply of debt finance

Met Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition

To understand the impact of Mental Health Support Team delivery plans

Met British Institute of Innkeeping

To discuss current challenges for BII members and potential solutions

Met LEGO Group

To discuss how we can use breakfast clubs to support enrichment activities for children

Met Green Finance Institute

To discuss the delivery of the Warm Homes Plan and low-cost loan schemes

Met Energy Systems Catapult

To discuss delivery of the Warm Homes Plan and local enterprise partnerships

Met Citizens Advice, Consumer Scotland, Dr James Richardson, Laura Sandys CBE, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), Professor Catherine Mitchell

Roundtable to discuss Government's review of Ofgem

Met The Rivers Trust, River Action, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Water UK, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife and Country Link, Wildlife Trusts, National Trust, National Farmers' Union, Woodland Trust, Green Alliance, Country Land and Business Association

Meeting to discuss river basin management plans

Met BP and ENBW

To discuss allocation rounds, project delivery and supply chain engagement

Met National Energy System Operator (NESO)

To discuss energy security, connections reform, and electricity market reform

Met Floodry

Meeting to discuss flooding insurance

Met FDA and Prospect

Meeting with FDA and Prospect as part of the government's aim to improve relations with trade unions.

Met BVRLA

Introductory chat with new Chairperson and the Chief Executive, Lakshmi Moorthy and Toby Poston

Met Palantir Technologies Inc

To discuss the company's work and digital transformation

Met National Grid

To discuss the UK-EU Strategic Partnership

Met British in Europe

To discuss the UK-EU Strategic Partnership

Met Pensions Policy Institute

To discuss their report on Pension Scheme Assets

Met Heathrow Reimagined

meeting to discuss Heathrow expansion and approaches to the regulatory regime

Met GBx

To meet with GBx network members and discuss UK investment sentiment and opportunities (attendees: Nfx, Sterling Rd, Patron, A16z, Decoded, Cred Protocol, Shield Capital, Instrinsic, Class Dojo, Slack, NewView Capital, LoopUp

Met Thomas Pocklington Trust

To discuss the disability employment gap and the trust's Get Set Progress Supported Internship Programme for blind and partially sighted people

Met Trinidad / Tobago: Kishan Kumarsingh, Dr Preeya Mohan, Institute of Marine Affairs

To discuss strengthening climate and energy partnerships, supporting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in their energy transitions, and advancing collaboration on climate finance, resilience, and innovation ahead of COP30

Met Nikki Knight & Leanne Ekland

Sensitive case discussion with parents' of victim

Met Harbour Energy

To discuss Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) investment and the Viking cluster

Met Credit Services Association

Meeting to discuss consumer credit and regulatory reform

Met Business Tax Forum

To discuss business tax policy with stakeholders, particularly the HMRC Transformation Roadmap

Met Translucent

To discuss LGBT+ rights in the UK

Met Thomas Pocklington Trust

Minister for Social Security and Disability and Minister for Employment met with the Thomas Pocklington Trust to discuss the disability employment gap and the trust's Get Set Progress Supported Internship Program for blind and partially sighted people.

Met Individuals with lived experience of the Health and Justice system

To discuss healthcare within the criminal justice system and the 10 Year Health Plan

Met Sir Charlie Mayfield

Meeting to discuss early engagement findings of the Keep Britain Working Review

Met Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

To discuss the work that Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has undertaken to improve residence experience in social housing

Met Disability Employment Charter, Adecco, Amazon UK, Barratt Foundation, BASE, Benifex, British Red Cross, Center for Social Justice, Chamberlen Consultancy, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Ltd Great Britain, Compass Group, DAC Beachcroft, Day One.org, DFN Project SEARCH, Differently Enabled, Disability Rights UK, Disability Policy Centre, Disability@Work, Diversity Economics, Diversity Jobs Group, EmployAble, Entegra, Fairshot Cafe, FedCap Employment, Genius Within CIC, Henry Smith Charity, IEB Birmingham, Kings College London, KPMG, Law Society, Lendlease, Leonard Cheshire, Littlegate Supported Employment, Microlink PC, Mission Employable, Neurodiversity in Business, National Health Service, National Health Service Confederation, National Health Service England, Oaks Specialist College, Paralympics, Patchwork Hub, People Plus, PossAbilities, PRS for Music, Re-Generate, Saxton Bampfylde, Sense, Shaw Trust, Shell UK, Snowdon Trust, Social Business Trust, Spinal Injuries Association, The Art of the Impossible, The Oaks, The PDA Society, The Pears Family Charitable Foundation, Thinkforward, Trade Union Congress, TUI Group, UHY Hacker Young, Undershaw Education, Undershaw Education Trust, UNISON, United Response, University and College Union, Waltham Forest Council, Working with Cancer, Wotter, Yately Industries

Annual Reception for the Disability Employment Charter.

Met Channel Islands Liberation Day Drinks Reception

Reception

Met Equal Free and Safe Fund

To discuss LGBT+ rights globally.

Met Iceland Foods Limited

Meeting to discuss economic growth and financial inclusion

Met Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission

To discuss the future of Grenfell Tower

Met Thomas Pocklington Trust

Meeting to hear about their employment support schemes for blind and partially sighted people.

Met Royal Society

To discuss the Royal Society’s ‘Mathematical Futures Programme’ report, potential solutions to the shortage of specialist STEM teachers and more generally, how best to prepare young people with the skills for a data driven job market

Met Royal British Legion

Charity support for veterans and VE DAY 80 planning

Met Milken Global Conference

To attend the Milken Global Conference and take part in a panel on European investment prospects (attendees: Milken institute, Sagard, ESMT

Met Circle

To discuss the UK investment environment and crypto regulation

Met Nuveen

To discuss Nuveen's UK investment priorities

Met World Bank, UNHCR, World Food Programme, UNICEF, INGO Coordinator,

To discuss the humanitarian crises in Sudan and Chad

Met UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

To discuss the global humanitarian outlook and the UK's approach to international devlopment.

Met TAE Technologies

To visit TAE headquarters for a tour of their nuclear fusion facilities

Met VE Day 80 events

VE DAY 80

Met Sizewell C

To discuss HMG's policy towards nuclear fission, and the role of foreign direct investment