Financial Inclusion Committee updates on accessibility initatives

The Financial Inclusion Committee held its fourth meeting on 3 November 2025.

Attendees presented on specific strategy interventions that their organisations are leading on. This included:

• Interventions recommended by the Digital Inclusion & Access to Banking sub-committee, including short- and long-term steps to rollout access to bank accounts for individuals with no fixed abode and establish an Inclusive Design Working Group to address a range of accessibility needs;
• Work to assist individual starting to build an emergency savings pot, and HM Treasury’s support for innovative workplace savings models;
• Among the interventions considered by the Access to Insurance sub-committee: increased signposting, action on economic abuse, and the establishment of a working group to examine travel insurance for those with pre-existing mental health conditions; and
• Increasing access to affordable credit as a tool to build financial resilience.