On Monday 25 March, we hosted an evening reception in Westminster to celebrate compelling evidence from Nest Insight’s workplace savings research trials.

This event brought together policymakers, senior industry figures, employers, think tanks, academics, partners and supporters to focus on the powerful potential of the opt-out payroll saving model to support millions more people in the UK to get saving. This could have wide impact, boosting financial resilience and supporting mental health, productivity and social mobility, and could also play an important role in the future evolution of workplace pensions auto enrolment.

Featuring speeches from supportive voices, including: 

  • Bim Afolami MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury 
  • Tulip Siddiq MP, Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury 
  • Oliver Morley CBE, Chief Executive Officer of Money and Pensions Service 
  • Helen Dean CBE, Chief Executive Officer of Nest Corporation 
  • Claire Costello, Chief People and Inclusion Officer at the Co-op 
  • Rob O’Carroll, Deputy Director of Automatic Enrolment and Defined Contribution Pensions Policy at the Department for Work and Pensions 
  • Antony Manchester, Co-Head of EMEA Government Affairs and Public Policy at BlackRock 
  • Will Sandbrook, Managing Director of Nest Insight 

Photos from the reception:

We’d like to say a big thank you to our speakers, to the BlackRock Foundation, the Money and Pensions Service, and JPMorgan Chase Foundation for supporting our emergency savings research programme, and to all of the employers, providers and research partners that have worked with us to make our real-world trials a reality.

Read more reflections from the night.

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