Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Casey of Blackstock
DBE CB
Casey in 2012
Victims' Commissioner
In office
May 2010 – 12 October 2011
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byThe Baroness Newlove
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 October 2020
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Louise Casey

(1965-03-29) 29 March 1965 (age 59)
Redruth, England
Political partyNone (crossbencher)
EducationOaklands Catholic School
Alma materGoldsmiths, University of London

Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, DBE, CB (born 29 March 1965), is a Crossbench peer and former British government official.

She was the deputy director of Shelter in 1992, the head of the Rough Sleepers' Unit (RSU) in 1999, a director of the national Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (ASBU) in 2003, head of the Respect Task Force in 2005 and the UK's first Victims' Commissioner in March 2010. She became director general of Troubled Families on 1 November 2011. In February 2020, Boris Johnson appointed her as an adviser to help tackle homelessness,[1][2] and she was later appointed as Chair of the Rough Sleeping Taskforce, which was set up to curb rough sleeping during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In July 2020 she was nominated for a crossbench peerage.

In August 2021, Casey was appointed to review the circumstances and prepare a report on the spectator invasion of Wembley Stadium, London, in July 2021 when thousands of ticket-less spectators broke through security arrangements for the final of the UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament.[4][5]

Later in 2021, Casey was appointed to lead an independent review of culture and standards into the Metropolitan Police in London following the murder of Sarah Everard.[6]

In 2024, Casey was reportedly touted by Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer for a ministerial role in a future government, should he win the general election.[7]

  1. ^ "Dame Louise Casey CB". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ Batty, David (16 June 2008). "Profile: government crime adviser Louise Casey". The Guardian. London, UK. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Dame Louise Casey to spearhead government taskforce on rough sleeping during pandemic". HM Government. 2 May 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ^ Terms of reference for independent review into the EURO 2020 final The Football Association (thefa.com), 6 August 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021
  5. ^ Euro 2020 final disorder: Ticketless thugs 'could have caused death' at England v Italy game Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine BBC Sport, 3 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021
  6. ^ "Sarah Everard: Baroness Louise Casey to lead review into Met Police". BBC News. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ Wright, Oliver (15 May 2024). "Sir Keir Starmer lining up Baroness Casey for ministerial role". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 May 2024.