Event

Event

Maternal Mental Health Alliance

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Virtual training hosted by the Wellness Working Group

Speaker: Maternal Mental Health Alliance
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Date: Tuesday 30 September 2025
Location: Online via Teams

Join us to hear from the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) who will provide us with information about how we can help support ourselves, colleagues or constituents who may be struggling with their own, or someone else’s mental health during pregnancy, or beyond.

Please email mpsstaff-wwg@parliament.uk for the details and link.

Bank of England Briefing in Cardiff for MPs’ Staff

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Want to find out more about the Bank of England and how it affects your constituents?

The Bank of England is inviting MPs’ staff based in Wales to a briefing session on the work of the Bank at a venue in the centre of Cardiff, taking place on the morning of Tuesday 23 September.

Senior Bank staff will deliver a briefing on the Bank’s responsibilities – including setting interest rates and regulating the banking sector – and how it affects your constituents. The Bank’s Agent in Wales will provide an overview of his work and themes from recent conversations with businesses and community organisations.

With an interest rate decision on 18 September, this will be an ideal opportunity to learn more about the work of the Bank and ask your constituents’ questions. You can learn more about our Agent for Wales here.

We would be grateful if you could share this with any colleagues based in constituency offices in Wales and the surrounding area who may be interested in attending.

The briefing will take in person and online and is for staffers only. Please email ParliamentaryAffairs@bankofengland.co.uk from your parliamentary network account to book a place.

Scotland Roadshows – September 2025

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The Members and Members’ Staff Services in collaboration with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) are pleased to invite Members’ staff to attend our upcoming roadshow events in Scotland this September.

Event details

The roadshows are open to all Members’ staff. There will be two roadshow events taking place in Scotland:

  • Inverness Roadshow on Tuesday 9 September 2025 
  • Glasgow Roadshow on Wednesday 10 September 2025.

Both events will follow the same agenda, so please attend the event that is more convenient for you to travel to.

To register to attend please email (MMSST@parliament.uk) and you will be sent an outlook invitation.  Please register your interest by Tuesday 2 September.

What to expect

The agenda will include informative presentations from IPSA and the Home Office, as well as updates from the House Administration. The events are also a chance to connect and network with colleagues from other local offices.

For more information, please contact MMSST@parliament.uk

Understanding the impact of disability benefits reforms on local authorities

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Free webinar from Policy in Practice

Time: 10:30 – 11:45
Date: Wednesday 27 August 2026
Location: Online
Registration: Please click here for full details and registration

Changes to disability benefits are set to affect millions of low income households across the UK. Despite recent government concessions softening the immediate impact, significant changes remain on the horizon, with major implications for councils, NHS services and local support systems.

An increase to Universal Credit and investment in employment support is offset by changes to the health element of Universal Credit, putting additional pressure on already stretched services.

For councils, understanding who will be affected and preparing early will be key to avoiding deepening hardship in their communities.

Does the United Kingdom have a constitution?

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House of Commons Library Talk

Session outline

It is often asserted that the UK doesn’t have a constitution, or that it is ‘unwritten’. This talk will test that proposition on the basis of standard constitutional sources.

Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: 10 July 2025
Location: Online
Registration: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=7507

NATO summit preview and the UK armed forces

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House of Commons Library Talk

Session outline

The government is expected to set out its defence and foreign policy priorities before the NATO summit. This talk will highlight the key points and lookahead to the main topics of discussion for NATO at its summit on 24-26 June.

Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: 19 June 2025
Location: Online
Registration: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?f=3479

ParliCARE cuppa and catch-up

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Please join ParliCARE for an in-person coffee catch-up, and to connect with others who care. Our in-person ‘coffee catch up’ gives Parliament’s current and future carers the chance to connect and build helpful support networks.

Time: 12:30 – 13:30
Date: Tuesday 10 June 2025
Location: Portcullis House Atrium – look for the ParliCARE banner

ParliCARE is a Workplace Equality Network (WEN) to promote inclusion and equality of opportunity across Parliament with the aim of raising awareness of and support for all staff and Members of both Houses of Parliament with caring challenges.

To learn more about ParliCARE, please see the intranet page here: https://parlinet.parliament.uk/working-here/workplace-equality-networks/parlicare/

Meet the Director: Commons Library and POST

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Time: 11:30 – 14:00
Date: Tuesday 10 June
Location: Portcullis House Hub

Members and Members’ staff are invited to drop-in to monthly ‘Meet the Director’ sessions 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 talk to you more about how their teams can support you in carrying out your parliamentary duties.

This month’s drop-in focuses on the House of Commons Library and the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST).

Meet:

  • Grant Hill-Cawthorne, Managing Director of Research and Information
  • Anna Dickson, Director of Research
  • Bryn Morgan, Director of Data Services.

LWPSN Great Get Together

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The LWPSN is proud to be part of this year’s parliamentary Great Get Together. The GGT happens up and down the country to remember Jo Cox, to show her famous phrase “We have far more in common than that which divides us”.

It is a cross-party event with many organisations which advocate for all the things Jo cared about – gender equity, democracy, compassion in politics – coming to meet, and an exciting guest speaker line up.

For full details and RSVP, please see here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/groups-which-staff-can-join/representation/labour-womens-parliamentary-staff-network/lwpsn-whats-on/