BRITAIN’S LEADING
PURPOSE-LED
EMPLOYERS
The Purpose Coalition is made up of organisations who are working to break down barriers to opportunity. It includes some Britain’s biggest employers including businesses, universities, the NHS and local authorities.
Our cross-party work brings together the UK's most innovative leaders, Parliamentarians and businesses to improve, share best practice, and develop solutions for improving the role that organisations can play for their customers, colleagues and communities by breaking down barriers to opportunity.
The Purpose Coalition is chaired by Rt Hon Justine Greening, the UK’s former Secretary of State for Education, Transport and International Development; and led by Nick Forbes CBE, who recently served in Sir Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet, who leads the Purpose Coalition’s work with the Labour Party; and advised by Rt Hon Anne Milton, former Minister for Apprenticeships and a Minister in the Department for Health and Social Care; and Lord Walney, former No 10 Advisor to Gordon Brown and Labour Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness.
You can find out more about our recently launched Breaking Down Barriers Commission here.
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS COMMISSION
The Breaking Down Barriers Commission has been launched by Purpose Coalition and former Member of Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet, Nick Forbes CBE.
The Commission is now shaping the role businesses and organisations can play as responsible parts of society committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity for their customers, colleagues and communities.
OUR MEMBERS WORK ACROSS THE ECONOMY MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT
NEWS AND INSIGHTS
To read the very latest news from the Purpose Coalition, visit Fit for Purpose
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Wendy Morton MP sees how Pertemps breaks down barriers
Pertemps has been working in partnership with the Purpose Coalition to deliver a positive social impact for its colleagues, clients and communities across the country.
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Shadow Women & Equalities Minister meets with Purpose Coalition members
Diversity and inclusion under a Labour government were the focus of a roundtable held in Westminster today with Ashley Dalton MP, Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.
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Shadow Energy Security Minister joins business and university leaders to explore the future of net-zero, skills and the just transition
Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Energy Security has joined Purpose Coalition leaders Centrica, Leonardo and the University of Salford for a Westminster roundtable to explore the future of net-zero, skills and the just transition
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Attorney General joins regional law firms to break down barriers to the sector
A strategic, countrywide approach to embedding social mobility in the legal sector is the focus of a new report whose first phase launched in Parliament by the Attorney General, Rt Hon Victoria Prentis QC MP
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Alistair Strathern MP joins leading businesses for Westminster Roundtable
Labour MP for Mid Bedfordshire, Alistair Strathern, has joined leading Purpose Coalition businesses for a Westminster roundtable focused on climate, net-zero, skills and the future of work.
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Employment and Social Mobility Ministers join Pertemps Network for Future of the Workforce report launch
Minister of State for Employment Jo Churchill MP and Social Mobility Minister Mims Davis have joined Pertemps Network for the launch of their ‘Future of the Workforce’ report
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Labour MPs and candidates become first to back Breaking Down Barriers Commission
The Commission’s Pledge has been established by Nick Forbes, a former Labour Council Leader who attended Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet from 2020 to 2022 as part of the Breaking Down Barriers Commission. The Commission is asking all candidates to make their pledge to do all they can do break down the barriers to opportunity in their local communities in three ways:
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Why Labour’s mission on Breaking Down Barriers needs to be more than Levelling Up
In 2019, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his agenda to “level up the country” hope was high for a future where opportunity is spread evenly and reaches talent wherever it is. As the government set out these plans, it made the mission clear, to ‘end the geographical inequality which is such a striking feature of the UK.’ However, almost five years on, the levelling up agenda has failed by almost every measure.
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The Wise Group launches new Relational Mentoring report in the House of Commons
Social Enterprise The Wise Group has launched a new Relational Mentoring report at a major event in the House of Commons, hosted by Shadow Minister Chi Onwurah MP and attended by dozens of cross-party MPs including Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms, Employment Minister Jo Churchill, SNP Shadow Spokespeople.
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Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting launches Purpose Coalition Health Campaign
Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting MP has joined Purpose Coalition Health Leaders to mark the launch of our major new advocacy campaign ‘Your local NHS: be at the heart of it’.
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Read: Breaking Down Barriers: Labour’s most important mission?
The Labour Party, under the leadership of Keir Starmer, has outlined five pivotal missions that form the bedrock of its agenda for government. These missions encompass a broad range of social, economic, and environmental objectives, reflecting Labour's comprehensive vision for the future of the UK.
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Shadow Net-Zero Secretary Ed Miliband visits leading Purpose Coalition employer SMS
The Purpose Coalition recently hosted a visit by Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net-Zero, Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP to energy infrastructure and solutions provider, SMS in Doncaster, to highlight the importance of people and planet in purpose-led organisations.
