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London Welfare Rights Conference 2025 – Child Poverty Action Group


Garden Court North’s Alexa Thompson will be speaking at Child Poverty Action Group’s (CPAG) London Welfare Rights Conference 2025 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel on 23 October.

CPAG’s annual one-day conference will address ongoing concern around major governmental changes to welfare benefits, particularly for disabled people.

There will be several sessions throughout the day, with Alexa due to speak in a workshop on the pressing matter of disability benefit reforms. Another session of note will be CPAG’s annual personal independence payment (PIP) workshop, in which CPAG’s Carri Swann will cover the latest case law, guidance and Department for Work and Pensions’ policies.

9:15 – 10:00 Arrival and registration, tea and coffee
10:00 – 11:00 Host welcome and keynote
11:00 – 11:20 Refreshment break & viewing of exhibition stands
11:20 – 12:30 Morning workshop session
12:30 – 13:20 Lunch
13:20 – 14:30 Afternoon workshop session
14:30 – 14:50 Refreshment break & viewing of exhibition stands
14:50 – 16:00 Afternoon panel session and closing remarks

CPAG will also be running the conference in Manchester on 8 October.

Read more about the London Welfare Rights Conference here.

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When: 23 Oct 2025
Where: Leonardo Royal Hotel, Leonardo Royal Hotel, 8-14 Cooper’s Row, London, EC3N 2BQ
Start time: 09:15
End time: 16:00

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