# Edward Timpson: how 87 foster children shaped a future Minister

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Podcast: [The Impact Equation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-impact-equation-7063562)
Published: 2026-03-22T11:55:36+00:00
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## Resource

Edward Timpson is the former Children’s Minister, part of the family behind Timpson, and brother of Lord James Timpson, now a Labour prisons minister. In this conversation with Rafi’s former Ministerial boss, Edward reflects on growing up in a family that fostered more than 80 children, alongside one of the UK’s best-known family businesses, recognised for both its high street services and a culture built on trust, kindness and second chances. That experience shaped everything that followed: family law, politics, reform in government, and his work today across children’s services and family care. Edward’s life and career show what stability, love and belief can do in a child’s life. This is an episode about childhood, public service, fostering, politics, and the decisions that can alter a life’s direction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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