Lobbying · Trade or business body

Association of Financial Mutuals

Meetings with ministers

In the last 12 months

Different ministers

Lobbying firms used

Meetings with ministers

Date	Minister	Purpose, as published
30 June 2026	Rachel BlakeHMT	Roundtable to discuss the mutuals and co-operatives sector, the growth of the sector, and the appointment of a mutuals and co-op sector champion
5 December 2025	Lucy RigbyHMT	A roundtable to discuss the mutuals and co-operative sector
6 November 2025	Lucy RigbyHMT	Meeting of the Mutual and Co-operative Sector Business Council to discuss growth in the SME sector
6 November 2025	Blair McDougallDBT	Council meeting to discuss growth in the SME sector
6 March 2025	Gareth ThomasDBT	To share brief remarks on the importance of the sector and how the sector feeds into the government’s wider missions.
6 March 2025	Emma ReynoldsHMT	A meeting of the Mutuals council to discuss the priorities for the mutuals sector in the UK
2 October 2024	Tulip SiddiqHMT	Meeting to discuss the Government's approach to the mutuals and co-operatives sector

Consultant lobbying firms

Not named as a client of a consultant lobbying firm on the Register of Consultant Lobbyists in the quarters we hold. Lobbying done by an organisation's own staff does not have to be registered.

About these records. Each row is one entry in a minister’s published meetings return, so a meeting with two ministers appears once for each. Dates and purposes are shown as the department published them. Published under these names too: “Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM)”, “the Association of Financial Mutuals”. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.