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Meetings At Number 10


Tony Blair

Over the last 12 months Stephen Duckworth, Geraldine Stirling and Nick Edwards have been invited to five meetings at Number 10 Downing Street. Two were with the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and others with his senior officials to provide advice on welfare reform. The meetings were highly productive and have led to Stephen Duckworth being appointed as a Special Adviser to Jim Murphy, The Minister of State for Welfare Reform.

They have worked together closely with other colleagues in the development of the Green Paper on Welfare Reform, which aims to significantly improve opportunities for Incapacity Benefit recipients to return to work.