Ministers' Meetings

Met Ofcom

To discuss Royal Mail

Met Seasonal Worker Taskforce

A webinar to discuss the operation of the Seasonal Worker route.

Met Renewable UK, SSE, Scottish Power Renewables, RES, RWE, Vattenfall Nadara, BayWare, Octopus, Scottish Renewable, Energy 4All, Nordex, Hitachi, Hutchinson Engineering, National Energy System Operator (NESO), Prospect, Unite, GMB Union

To discuss onshore wind industry and the forward look for onshore wind strategy

Met Energy UK

To discuss bills, smart meters, the Energy Company Obligation and Government's review of Ofgem

Met Energy Ombudsman

To discuss heat networks, third party intermediaries, and the Energy Ombudsman's governance

Met BioNTech

To discuss the life sciences in the UK

Met Iliffe Media, Tindle Newspapers, News UK, Newsquest, Telegraph Media Group, National World, The Independent, Financial Times, Reach Plc, Baylis Media, Guardian Media Group, The Barnsley Chronicle, DMG media, Telegraph and News Media Association

Roundtable to discuss AI copyright policy with representatives

Met Jaguar Land Rover

Visit to discuss opportunities for growth in the automotive industry

Met Mencap, Scope, Sense, Mind, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Inclusion London, Disability Rights UK, Parkinson's UK, Inclusion Barnet, Carers UK, British Medical Association, Health Foundation, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Psychiatrists

An opportunity to respond to criticism and reassure disability stakeholders on the Pathways to Work Green Paper

Met NatWest

To discuss Growth and Pensions Investment in the UK

Met Peoples Partnership

To discuss The Pensions Review

Met Green Alliance

Attended meeting for discussions on farming

Met SMMT

Phone call to discuss ZEV Mandate

Met London South Bank University Event

Minister for Social Security and Disability recorded a piece to camera on opportunities for the Higher Education sector.

Met British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

To discuss BVCA's submission to the carried interest consultation

Met 123 Sheets, AAB, Apari, Armstrong Watson, Azets, BDO, Bicknell Business Advisers, Blick Rothenberg, Cirrostratus, CIOT, Crowe, Dains, Dext, DFK/HB&O, Deloitte, Dux Advisroy, Emmaus Accounting, Evelyn Partners, EY, Forvis Mazars, Francis Clark, Free Agent, Grant Harrod Lerman Davis LLP, Gorilla, Gravita, HMT (Internal), Harrion Beale & Owen, ICAEW, ICAS, Intuit, Iris, JCCA, Karen Jewell Bookkeeping, KPMG, Kreston Reeves, Kumar Business Consultants Ltd, MAGMA, Mazars, Milsted Langdon, PWC, RB Accounts/Influencer, Ross-Martin Tax Consultancy, RSM, Sage, Shaw Gibbs, Simply Additions, S&W, SW Group, Taxcalc, TaxNav.digital, Thomson Reuters, Valor Accounting Services, Vialto Partners, Warren Day Accountants, Wolters Kluwer, Xeinadin, Xero

To attend a Making Tax Digital launch event

Met State Street

Meeting to discuss the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, retail investment and asset management in the UK

Met Visma

Meeting to discuss UK capital markets and retail investment

Met Fair4All Finance, Fair by Design, Good Things Foundation, Lloyds Banking Group, Aviva, Experian, The Money Charity, Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, Citizens Advice, Money and Pensions Service, UK Finance, Association of British Insurers, Three Hands

Meeting of the Financial Inclusion Committee to hear from those with lived experience of financial exclusion

Met Evergreen Life

To discuss the discuss how they can contribute to the NHS

Met Toyota

Dicussed upcoming auto sector announcements.

Met BMW

Discussed upcoming auto sector announcements

Met Improving Education Together

To update on the department's work on the Opportunity mission, to discuss and reach consensus on policy recommendations sent to the board from subgroups, which include accountability, special educational needs and disability (SEND), and workforce

Met HSBC

To discuss the upcoming Trade Strategy

Met Scottish Business Network, Sisu Group, IBM, Away from the Ordinary, Net Zero Nation, Bordeaux & Burgundy

To discuss opportunity for UK invesment into Scotland

Met British Steel

To discuss the transformation of the business and operating issues on site.

Met No10 Briefing

No 10 broadcast briefing call with 100+ public affairs executives to discuss the Industrial Strategy.

Met British Steel

To discuss the transformation of the business and operating issues on site.

Met Jaguar Land Rover

To discuss US tariffs and the company's operations in the UK

Met ExxonMobil

To discuss the announcement from ExxonMobil on the closure of their Leatherhead HQ

Met Silverado Policy Accelerator, Arnold and Porter LLP, The Boeing Company, Center on Global Energy Policy, Microsoft, Lazard, Foundational Questions Institute, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Amadeus Capital Partners, McKinsey and Company, Sakana AI, Hewlett Packard, Ernst and Young, Goldman Sachs, Neuberger Berman LLC, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Skilled Education, Smith and Nephew, Blavatnik School of Government, Crestview Strategy, Rhodium Group, Deutsche Bank, CBI

Met Medical Research Council; Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Unit; Uganda-UK Health Alliance; Uganda Virus Research Institute

To witness impacts of joint UK-Ugandan reseach on diseases and global health.

Met United Nations Resident Coordinator; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative; World Food Programme

To be briefed on the refugee response in Uganda.

Met Zembo Motorcycles

To explore green trasnport solutions and highlight UK support to green growth in Uganda.

Met Federation of Uganda Employers; Women's International Peace Centre; Nation Media Group; African Institute for Investigative Journalism; Foundation for Human Rights Initiative

To be briefed on democracy and human rights in Uganda.

Met Lidl

Attended meeting with Kenneth McGrath, Lidl Chief Executive Officer, Lidl to discuss key issues in the trade, farming and food sector

Met LGBT+ Human Rights Defenders

To discuss how the UK can continue to provide support to LGBT+ rights in Uganda.

Met Greene King; UK Hopitality; Night Time Industries Association; Black Lives in Music; British Beer and Pub Assocation; Heineken UK; Bourne Leisure

Roundtable to discuss opportunites for growth in the hospitality sector

Met Nanoco Technologies, Quantum Dice, University of Sheffield, Southampton Cornerstone, Clas-SiC, Cadence, Solid State PLC, KLA, Arm, Pragmatic, Intel, IQE

Semiconductor Advisory panel meeting to discuss the Government's semiconductor strategy

Met Apple

To visit Apple's HQ and showcase their technology. Also discussions on Apple's graduate skills programme, and further support for tech sector

Met Standard Chartered

Meeting to discuss Government and industry work on international sovereign debt

Met Pump Court Tax Chambers

To discuss the response to the government's reforms to the non-dom regime

Met Burges Salmon

To discuss the response to the government's reforms to the non-dom regime

Met institute for Fiscal Studies (conference at Oxford)

To make a keynote speech on the corporation tax roadmap

Met Greater Birmingham Chamber, The National Infrastructure Commission, Deutsche Bank, Aston University, Birmingham City Football Club, Rewired PR, Black Country NHS Trusts, Intercity Technology Limited, Kier, M6 Toll, MIA Property Group, West Midlands Growth Company, Birmingham City Council, runyourfleet and GMB

A roundtable to discuss economic growth opportunities in the West Midlands

Met HS2

To discuss the HS2 programme

Met The Anti-Corruption Foundation

To discuss the work of the Anti-Corruption Foundation

Met Port of Tyne

Meeting with the Chair to discuss NED hiring processes

Met Tata Consultancy Services

Discussion on transforming jobcentres, including proposals for tackling macro-unemployment challenges through their improvement.

Met X-Energy

Introductory meeting with CEO to discuss X-Energy's company and strategy, SMR and AMR technology and deployment, timelines for deployment and regulation.