7:30pm, Tuesday 21st of May, Central London

Networking Drinks from 7.00pm. Complimentary drinks for the first 20 arrivals.

On the 28th of March, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced that the UK was half way to net zero, yet climate activists are currently pursuing legal action against ministers, branding their net zero plans as a pipe dream.

Climate change will be a top priority for voters in the next election so join us as we meet Cabinet minister Claire Coutinho, the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. Claire will join us to discuss her Cabinet position, her day to day life as a member of the front bench and the Government's revised plans for reaching Net Zero.

Claire was elected as the Conservative MP for East Surrey in December 2019 and appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in August 2023. Prior to this, she served as Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing at the Department for Education and as Minister for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions.

Claire started her career at Merrill Lynch, before leaving the City for a career in social justice policy, including at the Centre for Social Justice. She then spent two years within Government as a Special Adviser, including to the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak.

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