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The Working for an MP website is a resource for anyone working for a British Member of Parliament or with an interest in how Parliament works. You can read about the site’s history, or get in touch with suggestions or feedback, or find out about the help and advice available to staff from the House of Commons, including the IGCS Behaviour Code. It is also home to the UK’s largest listing of political jobs, at w4mpjobs.
Social
Follow us on Bluesky at w4mp.bsky.social. We can also be found on Facebook and remain as @w4mpsite on X/Twitter but don’t actively post there.
Latest News
- Pension Scheme Webinar for MPs’ StaffLegal & General, the MPs’ Staff Pension Scheme provider, is hosting a webinar to help you manage your future savings. Time: 14:00Date: Tuesday 18 November 2025Location: OnlineBook here training and induction portal.
- Welcome to Parliament (Members’ Staff Induction)Welcome to Parliament. The new joiner induction sessions are available to book via the ACT portal. If you have a new joiner in your office, please share with them. This session will welcome you to being part of the Parliamentary community and…
- Library talk – Police complaints and the IOPCTime: 1030-1130Date: 13 November 2025Location: Online This Library talk will cover the police complaints system and the role of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) within it. Book your place on Act.
- Finding people on the parliamentary intranetWe often see messages asking how to find out who works in a particular MP’s office. There’s a really simple way of finding out. Whilst logged into the parliamentary intranet, go to https://outlook.office.com/people/ and type the name of the MP into the…
- Casework Discussion Forum: SEN in EnglandTime: 1030-1130Date: 11 November 2025Location: Online The topic for November’s forum meeting will be SEN in England. We’ll be joined by Nerys Roberts and Robert Long from the Commons Library. Book your place on Act.
- Join MMSST for Coffee and Chat: Flourish and NourishA celebration of nutrition and wellbeing.Communications and Administration Network Food is our fuel, but do we truly understand what nourishes us best? Do you know your food facts? Join us at Flourish and Nourish for a food quiz to test your nutritional…
w4mp and ParliNet
ParliNet, available to those with a parliamentary login, contains everything you need to stay connected to the parliamentary community. Use it to find information like catering menus, events, contact numbers, and the latest news. If you find any links on w4mp to the old intranet, please let us know.
To access the hotlines on Parlinet you can follow this direct link. To search the document use the SharePoint search box by typing CTRL-F / CMD-F.
Are you OK?
Are you OK? How are you coping? Do you need to talk to someone?
An MP’s office can be a busy and stressful environment at the best of times, and over the past few weeks, staff have been under a lot of extra pressure.
The work we do can put a strain on our mental health and wellbeing, and we can often feel isolated. If you are finding it difficult to cope, or just need someone to talk to, or somewhere to offload, please remember that help is available.
The Wellness Working Group offers lots of useful information advice and you can access their hub here: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub
Please ring the helpline and talk to someone. It’s what it’s there for.
Health Assured provides an independent support service to MPs’ staff, it is completely confidential, free and can be accessed 24/7 by phone, online portal and app. You can access support for any issue you are struggling with, it doesn’t have to be work related. Look here for further information, their helpline number and a link to access the service: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub/SitePages/What-suport-is-there-.aspx
What we do at w4mp
Read a welcome to the site from Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons
Archived guides can be found on the w4mp archive. They should not be relied on as expressions of current practice.
Our humourous alt.guides can be found on alt.w4mp.org, along with an archive of Hoby cartoons.
“The MPs’ assistants and researchers walk at twice the pace of everyone else and their eyes burn twice as fiercely” John Crace, The Guardian, 14 May 2015
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