The House of Commons Service regularly holds regional open days for constituency staff throughout the United Kingdom – the next one is in London on 11 September.

Further details on the open days page. To book your place at an event or for further information please contact the Central Communications Team by email (constituencystaffopenday@parliament.uk) or on x4801.

Westminster Wanderers are an established and successful Sunday League Club playing in and around Wandsworth and Merton. They’ve asked us to post the following:

We are looking for new players for the 2015-16 season.

We were born out of the Conservative Central Office side of the 1990s but now have Labour, Liberal and Tory staffers on the side as well as civil servants and PR and PA professionals.

We welcome new players and the growth of the club, from one to four sides in a few years, because we are well organised and attract and retain good players.

We play in the Southern Sunday Football League. Our three league teams play to a high standard, train regularly and our home ground is on Tooting Common. Our Vet’s side plays friendly fixtures throughout the year in Battersea Park.

If you are a committed player who wants to be part of a successful club then please contact the Club Chairman Alex Aiken – westminsterwanderers@gmail.com

The club will be running training sessions during August on Tuesday and Thursday nights and plays 8aside on Monday evenings. New players are welcome to come to any of these sessions.

You can see more about Westminster Wanderers in the Southern Sunday Football League pages in the London section of Football Mitoo http://football.mitoo.co/Noticeboard.cfm?countieslist=LondonMiddx,Surrey&LeagueCode=SSFL2014

The Legal Ombudsman for England and Wales was set up by the Office for Legal Complaints under the Legal Services Act 2007. It can now  deal with complaints about lawyers of claims management companies – see the w4mp note.

 

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology is working with the Government Office for Science on a Foresight project to identify emerging technologies that have the potential to give the UK a competitive edge and to improve the delivery of public services.

As part of this review, they are asking researchers, developers, investors, analysts and others who work with emerging technologies for their perspectives.

Please help POST to identify the important technologies of the next decade and beyond, by taking part in their survey: 

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/technology-and-innovation-futures.

Anyone wishing to join this season’s Official Fantasy Premier League must pick their team and join before the start of the first game of the season by 11.45am on 8^th August 2015.

Joining the league couldn’t be easier. Simply use this link and you’ll be added automatically after you’ve entered the game:

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/269029/join/?autojoin-code=1042189-269029.

You shouldn’t need the league code, but just in case here it is: 1042189-269029.

Enjoy the game and good luck!

 

Shueb Salar

CONSERVATIVE FOOTBALL TEAMS

Based in Westminster and fancy playing in a Conservative 11-a-side or 5-a-side football team? We are looking for players to take part in regular matches at across South London. If you are interested please email us and let us know!

Email Hudson at – afcbluebirds@gmail.com.

From our friends at the Hansard Society:

Committee Chairs in Conversation 6:45 – 8:00pm, Monday 20 July Committee Rm 12, House of Commons

REGISTER HERE Join newly elected select committee chairs to discuss how committees organise their work, their role in the scrutiny process, the challenges the newly constituted committees will face over the coming year, as well as their aims for this Parliament and what they would consider a successful outcome. Speakers Dr Sarah Wollaston MP – Health Committee Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP – Home Affairs Committee More speakers TBA Chair: Mark D’Arcy – BBC Parliamentary Correspondent and Member of the Hansard Society Advisory Council.

Read Towards 2020 and Beyond

This note focuses on policy drivers leading towards 2020 and beyond. It looks at the relationship between UK policy and the following drivers: people (demographics), technological change, climate change, resource security and sustainability, inequality, and governance issues.

If you wish to leave feedback on any POSTnotes, please complete this short survey, which will provide them with valuable feedback for future publications.

POST also runs fellowships for PhD researchers and events.

The House of Commons Service regularly holds regional open days for constituency staff throughout the United Kingdom.

About the events

The days include:

• an overview of the services that the House provides
• a focus on the services that constituency staff have said matter most to them – access to digital services, learning & development, and the Library
• an opportunity to meet some House staff and ask questions, and to meet other neighbouring constituency staff
• information on office security and contact information
• information from IPSA and contact information
• breakout sessions for you to tell us what you need from the House Service
• access to clerks for procedural advice.

Lunch will also be provided and this, along with the registration period, is intended as a chance to network with the House Service, other constituency office staff in your region and visit ‘stalls’ of  services.

IPSA have recognised the day as a training event and as such the costs of travel are eligible to be reclaimed through allowances in the normal way.

 

HMRC have produced a very helpful booklet, explaining how they can help you to help your constituents.

It is available to download from the Parliamentary Intranet.

*** Please note that we are only able to send this to current MPs and their staff with intranet email accounts.  It is not available to members of the public.