Ministers' Meetings

Met Independent Schools Inspectorate

Introductory meeting to discuss independent school inspections

Met Campaigners interested in the issue of smartphones in schools

Roundtable discussion on smartphones in schools

Met Morgan Stanley

Meeting to discuss international investment and financial services

Met Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire

To discuss police funding

Met West Mercia Police Chief Constable

To discuss police funding

Met Nscale

To discuss NScale's UK investments

Met Crisis, Shelter, Thames Reach, St Mungo's, Homeless Link, Housing Justice, Justlife, Centre for Homelessness Impact, St Basils, Lambeth Council, Birmingham City Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater London Authority, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Shared Health Foundation, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), Expert Link, Local Government Association, National Housing Federation

Roundtable to discuss homelessness and rough sleeping

Met Medicines UK

To discuss medicines and biosimilars

Met AbbVie

To discuss life sciences, innovation and the UK commercial environment

Met Sir Brian Leveson

An introductory meeting with Sir Brian Leveson

Met Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

To discuss Gateshead's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met UWE Bristol; Leeds Beckett University; Northumbria University; Keele University

Briefing on the Men's Health Strategy

Met Movember; Men's Health Forum; Global Action on Men's Health; UK Men's Sheds Association; Local Government Association; People's Health Trust; Blue Ribbon; Fatherhood Institute; Association of Directors of Public Health; Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys; Samaritans

Briefing on the Men's Health Strategy

Met The Elders

To discuss COP priorities

Met City of York Council

To discuss York's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met Brighton & Hove City Council

To discuss Brighton's finances ahead of the multi-year settlement

Met Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Association of Directors of Adult Social Care, The Health Foundation , Local Government Association, Nuffield Trust, The King’s Fund, National Voices, NHS Providers, NHS Confederation

To discuss the NHS Reform Bill

Met MSPs, Ofgem, Energy UK, Smart Energy GB (SEGB)

Roundtable with MPs to listen to and address their concerns around the Royal Television Society (RTS) phase out

Met Archbishop of Sudan

To discuss Sudan

Met Women's Budget Group

Meeting to discuss how the work of the Women's Budget Group can support the work of the Department

Met British Association of Supported Employment

Event delivering a speech at the Disability Confidence in Action British Association of Supported Employment Business Summit to promote the work the Department is doing in this area to businesses engaging with Inclusive Recruitment practices.

Met RMT

To discuss the response to the train attack at Huntingdon and other matters of importance to RMT members including the Railways Bill.

Met UK LGBTQI Global Giving Roundtable hosted by GiveOut

Spoke in Ministerial capacity at UK LGBTQI Global Giving Roundtable as a Government spokesperson for Equalities

Met Cornwall Council

To discuss social housing in Cornwall

Met Howden Group

Meeting to discuss Parliamentary business

Met UBS

To discuss financial services, tax, talent, and digital assets.

Met FirstPort

To discuss FirstPort's performance as a property management agency

Met Mary Robinson, President Juan Manuel Santos

Meeting at COP30 to discuss Planetary Guardians initiative and COP30 progress

Met Public Digital

To discuss Government Digital Service and Civil Service Reform.

Met Domestic Advisory Group Executive Council

Spoke at a meeting of the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly to set out the progress that has been made following May’s UK/EU summit and shape the Assembly’s thinking on issues that are important to the UK Government.

Met Kate Green, Deputy Mayor of Greater Manachester

Meeting on devolution to Manchester in relation to youth justice

Met Building Societies Association (BSA)

To discuss retail investment, regulation, and Building Societies, Mutuals, and Co-ops.

Met Anna Brading, Influencer

Meeting to discuss building confidence for young people and their personal finances

Met Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Welsh Youth Organisation), The Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Service, TAITH (Wales international learning exchange program), Wales Arts International, WCIA (Welsh Centre for International Affairs), BGC (Boys and Girls Clubs of Wales), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Climate Cymru, Welsh Government

Meeting to discuss the UK/EU Reset.

Met Domestic Advisory Group

Meeting to discuss the UK/EU Reset.

Met Royal Mail

To discuss Royal Mail strategic priorities and operational challenges

Met Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, East Midlands Combined Authority, GLA, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Regio Combined Authority, North East Combined Authority, South Yorkshire Combined Authority, West Midlands Combined Authority. West of England Combined Authority; York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Roundtable to discuss MCAs' main priorities for government funding

Met Mitzvah Day, Nisa Nashim, Progressive Judaism, Board of Deputies, Jewish Leadership Council, Antisemitism Policy Trust, Chief Rabbi's Office, Bushey United Synagogue, Interlink Foundation, Community Security Trust, JW3, Union of Jewish Students

Roundtable to discuss issues facing Jewish communities

Met Citizens UK

To discuss the Pride in Place programme.

Met Federation of Small Businesses, Small Business Britain, Perky Blenders, Enterprise Nation, UNDER+BENEATH LIMITED, Family Business UK, Thatchers Cider, Entrepreneurs Network, Farringford Legal

To discuss implementation of the Employment Rights Bill and how the Government can help raise awareness on consultations and implementation.

Met Communication Workers Union

To discuss workers rights, security, reform, sectoral bargaining and consultations on the Employment Rights Bill, especially e-balloting and fire-and-rehire. Also to discuss Royal Mail

Met National Trading Standards

To discuss the NTS's role in support of Local Authority Trading Standards activity and the consumer protection strategy, funding to the Trading Standards system and regulation reform and its interaction with consumer protection regulation.

Met Google Cloud

To discuss the UK's support for small business and scale ups

Met SME roundtable: Her Web Solutions, Dragon Fire and Safety, PTSG, Paysure Solutions, Neural Alpha

To discuss the UK's support for small business and scale ups

Met Centre for Social Justice

Meeting to talk about how they can work with the Department on VAWG Issues

Met CILEx (Charted Institute of Lexal Executives)

Attend CILEX conference and deliver a speech on the importance of CILEX whole.

Met Greater London Authority

To discuss remediation of unsafe buildings in London

Met Jason Cowley

Press Engagment

Met Carbon3.ai

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Lawrence Gosden (Southern Water)

To discuss water company performance