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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Unpaid carers
Howard Thorpe: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Howard Thorpe
CEO and Founder, ABLE2UK
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press citations on 1 topic since 29 May 2026 · last quoted 29 May 2026
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Howard Thorpe: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- CEO and Founder, ABLE2UK
- Quoted on
- Unpaid carers
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 29 May 2026
04 The signal · where Howard Thorpe sits on unpaid carers
Ranked 32= of 100 voices quoted in the press on unpaid carers, level with 40 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Helen WalkerSector leaderChief Executive, Carers UK88 - 2
Emily HolzhausenSector leaderDirector of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK84 - 3
Kirsty McHughSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Carers Trust41 - 32=Kirsten KerrSector leaderservice delivery manager for Carers Together Wiltshire2
- 32=Jennifer TwistSector leaderChief Executive, Care for the Carers2
- 32=Howard ThorpeSector leaderCEO and Founder, ABLE2UK2
- 32=Leo ViscontiSector leaderCarers Trust2
- 32=Joleen CunninghamSector leaderPublic affairs manager, Carers NI2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 32=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Howard Thorpe has said
By outlet · linked articles
- dailyrecord.co.uk1
- edinburghlive.co.uk1
Where Howard Thorpe has been quoted
- 01West Lothian singer Lewis Capaldi announces free concert as fans left 'in tears'edinburghlive.co.uk · 29 May 2026
- 02Lewis Capaldi announces free gig and shares moving new videodailyrecord.co.uk · 29 May 2026
Verbatim
“I believe I am right in saying how lost disabled people would be without the affection and time their friends and family devote to them - I have firsthand experience of this myself.”
“I believe I am right in saying how lost disabled people would be without the affection and time their friends and family devote to them - I have firsthand experience of this myself.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- Inverclyde carers invited to rights day afternoon tea | Greenock Telegraphgreenocktelegraph.co.uk
- Celebrating South Ayrshire's young carers at cAyrFest 2026 - Daily Recorddailyrecord.co.uk
- BCP Carers Rights Day 2026 event taking place on November 17 | Bournemouth Echobournemouthecho.co.uk
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.