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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.


Hoby Cartoon for March 2023
Hoby Cartoon for March 2023

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Parliament Choir in Rome

Time: 21:00Date: Saturday 29 April 2023Location: Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Parliament Choir and Southbank Sinfonia present Edward Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ Join the Parliament Choir for this amazing concert in the Papal Basilica of St Pauls outside the Walls in Rome on Saturday 29 April. Tickets are free but…

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Parliament Choir Concert in London

Edward Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ Time: 6:30pmDate: Saturday 22 April 2022Location: St. John’s Smith Square, Westminster, SW1Tickets: click here The Parliament Choir and Southbank Sinfonia present Edward Elgar’s oratorio ‘The Dream of Gerontius’ The Parliament Choir welcomes as a member anyone who works at the UK Parliament – Members, their staff, and parliamentary…

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Members Staff Induction

Welcome to Parliament. The new joiner induction sessions are now available to book via the ACT portal if you have a new joiner in your office, please share with them. Time: 10:00 – 11:30Date: Tuesday 4 April 2023Location: Online via MS TeamsBooking: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3240 Time: 10:00 – 11:30Date: Tuesday 2 May 2023Location: Online via MS TeamsBooking:…

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“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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