Organisation · GOV.UK transparency returns · Alex Stepney (Head of Policy and Public Affairs, News UK); Matt Rogerson (Director of Public Policy, Guardian Media Group); Owen Meredith (Chief Executive, News Media Association); Peter Wright (Editor Emeritus, DMG Media); and Lord Guy Black (Deputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group)
Alex Stepney (Head of Policy and Public Affairs, News UK); Matt Rogerson (Director of Public Policy, Guardian Media Group); Owen Meredith (Chief Executive, News Media Association); Peter Wright (Editor Emeritus, DMG Media); and Lord Guy Black (Deputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group)
- Identity
organisation:govuk:Alex Stepney (Head of Policy and Public Affairs, News UK); Matt Rogerson (Director of Public Policy, Guardian Media Group); Owen Meredith (Chief Executive, News Media Association); Peter Wright (Editor Emeritus, DMG Media); and Lord Guy Black (Deputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group)— the GOV.UK transparency returns key, used as-is. No identity here is invented.- Graph built
- 5 September 2026
Names in the records
Each spelling a register uses for this entity, and the method that tied it here. A name is never the identity; a similar name is never a match.
| As published | Register | Tied by | Confidence | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Stepney (Head of Policy and Public Affairs, News UK); Matt Rogerson (Director of Public Policy, Guardian Media Group); Owen Meredith (Chief Executive, News Media Association); Peter Wright (Editor Emeritus, DMG Media); and Lord Guy Black (Deputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group) | GOV.UK transparency returns | exact name within one register | 1.0 | 1 |
What the records establish
- Alex Stepney (Head of Policy and Public Affairs, News UK); Matt Rogerson (Director of Public Policy, Guardian Media Group); Owen Meredith (Chief Executive, News Media Association); Peter Wright (Editor Emeritus, DMG Media); and Lord Guy Black (Deputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group): 1 record of "recorded meeting with a minister" on 6 July 2022.
| Relationship | With | Date | Amount | Detail | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| recorded meeting with a minister | Damian Collins | 6 July 2022 | — | ministerial_meetings |
What this does not establish
The records above establish that Alex Stepney (Head of Policy and Public Affairs, News UK); Matt Rogerson (Director of Public Policy, Guardian Media Group); Owen Meredith (Chief Executive, News Media Association); Peter Wright (Editor Emeritus, DMG Media); and Lord Guy Black (Deputy Chairman, Telegraph Media Group) and each entity named appear together in an official register, in the relationship that register records, on the date it records. They do not establish why any donation was made, why any contract was awarded, whether any one record was known to the people behind another, or that any record caused another. No causal inference is made on this page, and nothing here is a finding of any kind against anyone. A reported donation is a lawful, reported transaction; a contract award is a published notice; a seat is a seat.
Derived from: ministerial_meetings. Each row above names the table and key it came from and links the official record where one exists. How the graph is built is described at the evidence graph.