Ministers' Meetings

Met Iceland Foods Limited

Meeting to discuss economic growth and financial inclusion

Met Pensions Policy Institute

To discuss their report on Pension Scheme Assets

Met London Fire Brigade

To discuss Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan

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 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 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 Palantir Technologies Inc

To discuss the company's work and digital transformation

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 Chief Constable of Derbyshire Police, Chief Constable of Northumbria Police

Discussion of local policing issues

Met Representatives of Amnesty International UK

Meeting to discuss ongoing work and collaboration

Met Director of the Independent Office for Police Conduct

Discussion on ongoing inquiries

Met His Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

Meeting to discuss ongoing inspections

Met HS2 Ltd

Meeting with HS2 Ltd CEO Mark Wild to discuss the High Speed Rail 2 spending review bid

Met Chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council

To discuss police reform, the National Policing Board and the Undercover Policing Inquiry

Met Avanti West Coast, Network Rail

To discuss Avanti West Coast's performance and ways in which they can improve

Met South Western Railway

To discuss progress re South Western Railway's move to Public Ownership

Met Greene King, Live music Industry Venues and Events (LIVE), Black Lives in Music, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), UKHospitality, Six-till-Six, Ask for Angela

To discuss the licensing taskforce reccomendations

Met British Institute of Innkeeping

To discuss current challenges for BII members and potential solutions

Met Cash Access

To discuss banking hubs

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 X-energy

To discuss X-energy’s plans for deployment within the UK

Met Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

To discuss Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) draft nuclear workforce report

Met Credit Services Association

Meeting to discuss consumer credit and regulatory reform

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 Harbour Energy

To discuss Harbour Energy's Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) Viking project

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 Energy Systems Catapult

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

Met Green Finance Institute

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

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 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 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 Harbour Energy

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

Met Unison

Meeting to discuss NHS reform

Met Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

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

Met Floodry

Meeting to discuss flooding insurance

Met BVRLA

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

Met UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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

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

To discuss the humanitarian crises in Sudan and Chad

Met VE Day 80 events

VE DAY 80

Met TAE Technologies

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

Met Circle

To discuss the UK investment environment and crypto regulation

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 Nuveen

To discuss Nuveen's UK investment priorities

Met GMB

To discuss the UK's business environment and the aerospace sector

Met Sizewell C

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

Met National Association of Head Teachers

To attend the National Association of Head Teacher's annual conference gala dinner and discuss priorities in education

Met British Medical Association (BMA)

Meeting to discuss Pay Reccomendations

Met UK National Commission for UNESCO

To discuss the role and priorities of the UK National Commission for UNESCO

Met Brimingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute