Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock

The Baroness Casey of Blackstock
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
Assumed office
30 October 2020
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Louise Casey

(1965-03-29) 29 March 1965
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 current British government official, where she serves as lead non-executive director.

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, 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. 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.

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.

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. In January 2025, she was appointed as the government's lead non-executive director.