Louise Casey

Who Louise Casey is

Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock DBE CB, is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and the Government Lead Non-Executive Director, appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in January 2025. She chairs the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, launched on 29 April 2025, which is tasked with making recommendations to define and build an adult social care system that meets the current and future needs of the population in England, reporting to the Prime Minister. She began her career as Deputy Director of the homelessness charity Shelter from 1992 to 1999, and subsequently worked on social welfare issues for five Prime Ministers over more than two decades, including heading the Rough Sleepers' Unit, the Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, and serving as the UK's first Victims' Commissioner. In 2023 she published a landmark independent review of the Metropolitan Police's culture and standards, finding severe institutional failings including institutional racism, sexism and homophobia. She has argued publicly that the social care system is 'broken', calling in March 2026 for a national 'moment of reckoning' equivalent to the Beveridge reforms, and in July 2026 she launched 'The Big Conversation on Care', a nationwide public engagement exercise aimed at engaging up to one million people to shape future social care reform.

References for this biography

1. 1.Baroness Louise Casey appointed as Government Lead Non-Executive Director – GOV.UK — Confirms her appointment as Government Lead NED and as chair of the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
2. 2.Independent Commission on Adult Social Care begins by hearing from people with lived experience – The Casey Commission — Confirms the formal launch date of 29 April 2025, the Commission's remit, and the organisational press email
3. 3.Baroness Casey Review of the Metropolitan Police: Final Report – Metropolitan Police press notice — Evidences the 2023 Metropolitan Police review and its findings of severe institutional failings
4. 4.Baroness Casey calls for a moment of reckoning on adult social care – The Casey Commission — Evidences her March 2026 speech calling for a national 'moment of reckoning' and her six immediate recommendations on dementia, MND and adult safeguarding
5. 5.Baroness Casey launches the Big Conversation on Care with the public – The Casey Commission — Evidences the July 2026 launch of The Big Conversation on Care and its aims
6. 6.Louise Casey – King's College London — Establishes her earlier career history including as first Victims' Commissioner and Director General of Troubled Families
7. 7.Baroness Louise Casey – Landsec — Confirms she is a crossbench peer, began her career at Shelter from 1992, and worked on social welfare for five Prime Ministers
8. 8.The Casey Commission – UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee — Confirms the Commission's purpose to make recommendations for the adult social care system to meet current and future population needs

Notable achievements

• Appointed by the Prime Minister to chair the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, launched formally on 29 April 2025, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. Source ↗
• Published a landmark independent review of the Metropolitan Police in March 2023, finding severe institutional failings including institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia, following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer. Source ↗
• Launched 'The Big Conversation on Care' on 29 July 2026, a nationwide public engagement exercise aiming to reach one million people on the future of adult social care in England. Source ↗
• Recommended the Government take six immediate actions on dementia, motor neurone disease and adult safeguarding in March 2026 due to the urgency of reform needed in these areas. Source ↗
• Appointed as Government Lead Non-Executive Director in February 2025, with a remit to coordinate non-executives across government to support delivery of the Plan for Change. Source ↗
• Became the UK's first Victims' Commissioner in 2010, and served as Director General of the Troubled Families programme from 2011. Source ↗

What Louise Casey has said

• “an honest conversation with the nation is needed”

  Leading the independent commission on social care · Adult social care & reform · 27 Aug 2026 · The Guardian view on social care reform: Andy Burnham is right – this issue must be gripped | Editorial ↗

Where Louise Casey has been quoted

1. Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard?theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
2. The Guardian view on social care reform: Andy Burnham is right – this issue must be gripped | Editorialtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

• Death tax, dementia tax, no tax at all: Why England hasn’t fixed social careTheLead.uk
• Maryland Reform Act Keeps 26 Offenses in Adult Court, Advocates ConcernedDavis Vanguard
• Disability benefits could be cut for young people under new Burnham planMy London

Contact & links

• Websitehttps://caseycommission.co.uk
• Press office emailenquiries@caseycommission.co.ukpublished here ↗
• Staff pagehttps://members.parliament.uk/member/4896/career

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