Author: W4MP Editor

Bank of England Briefing Session in Leeds for MPs’ Staff

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The Bank of England would like to invite MPs’ staff based in and around Leeds and the surrounding regions to attend a briefing session on the work of the Bank on Monday 10 March from 10.00-12.00.

For those who would like to attend in person, the session will be held at the Bank’s offices on Greek Street in Leeds.  However, this will be a hybrid session, so MPs’ staff based around the country are welcome to get in touch and attend online. Depending on demand, we will offer further sessions at our offices around the country, including in Glasgow, Belfast, and Cardiff.

Senior Bank staff will deliver a briefing on the Bank’s three main policy areas – monetary policy, financial stability, and prudential regulation – and an introduction to our Leeds office and plans for expansion. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion of how the Bank’s decisions affect constituents up and down the country. With an interest rate decision on 20 March, this will be an ideal opportunity to ask your questions and learn more about the work of the Bank of England.

If you would like to attend, please email [email protected] to book a place in person or request a link to attend online.

Please note this session is for MPs’ staff only. However, we hold regular briefing sessions for MPs to keep them up to date on the Bank’s policymaking. The next session for MPs will be held in Portcullis House on 27 March and Members are welcome to get in touch to book a place.

Flat share – Tooting Broadway

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Ref: 2984

WOMEN ONLY

Lovely double room available in desirable area of Tooting Broadway, £800/mo. Room currently unfurnished but open to negotiation.

Spacious and airy terraced house with large kitchen, separate dining and living rooms and suntrap garden. Two other lovely female tenants currently occupying – a journalist and a solicitor, so seeking similar young professional.

House is a 10 min bus ride to Tooting Broadway on the Northern Line, so door-to-door a 35 minute commute to Westminster.

Other amenities (pubs, supermarkets, corner shops, Tooting Lido) very close by.

For more information please get in touch: [email protected]

Free summer term school visits

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From 23 January schools can apply online for a free school visit to UK Parliament

From 10am on Thursday 23 January, schools in each constituency will be able to request a free school visit to UK Parliament this Summer Term (April to July).  Eligible schools visiting from outside London and the South East of England could claim up to 85% (up to £2,400) of their receipted travel costs back with our travel subsidy.

Each term, the Education Centre has a very high number of applications from schools. We try to ensure as many schools as possible can visit us, but with over 33,000 schools across the UK and around 1,000 slots available, demand outweighs capacity. To ensure fair access, we will be processing applications on a first come, first served basis and a queue management system will be in place on the day.

For full details, please see here: ParliNet | Free summer term school visits

LWPSN – Online Q&A with the Rt. Hon. Lucy Powell M.P.

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Join the Labour Women’s Parliamentary Staff network in an online Q&A with the Rt. Hon. Lucy Powell M.P. on Tuesday 4 February 2025.

For further information and to learn more about the LWPSN, please see here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/groups-which-staff-can-join/representation/labour-womens-parliamentary-staff-network/lwpsn-whats-on/

Meet the Director drop-in: Customer Experience and Service Delivery

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Time: 11:30 – 14:00
Date: Tuesday 14 January 2025
Location: Portcullis House Hub

Members and Members’ staff are invited to join us for the first session of our new monthly ‘Meet the Director’ drop-ins in the Portcullis House Hub.

Directors from key House Administration teams that provide services to Members will be available to answer your questions, listen to your feedback, or if you just want to learn more about how their teams can support you in carrying out your parliamentary duties.

This first session will take place from 11.30am-2pm and is hosted by Customer Experience & Service Delivery (CE&SD), comprising eight teams delivering services to Members, passholders and the public to keep Parliament clean, safe and operational. You can find out more about the work of the team on ParliNet.

Please see here for further details:

https://parlinet.parliament.uk/events/2025/january/meet-the-director-drop-in-customer-experience-and-service-delivery

Full Fact: January Caseworker Discussion Forum

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The guest speakers at the January Caseworker Discussion Forum will be from Full Fact, the fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm done by bad information.

Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: Thursday 16 January 2024
Location: Online via MS Teams
Booking: https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1953

Read more about Full Fact here: https://fullfact.org/about/

Training:  Staying safe and secure across Meta technologies

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Meta are hosting a virtual training for MPs and their staffers to showcase the tools they can use to stay safe and secure across Meta technologies next week Friday 6th Dec at 10h00.  As part of this training, they will also cover Meta Support Pros, a dedicated support service to address operational and technical issues as well as address product questions.  

  • Time: 10:00 – 11:00
  • Date:  Friday 6 December 2024
  • Format: Virtual

To book please RSVP to this event link