Come along for a drink, a chat, and to meet new people. Everyone is welcome!
Time: 17:00 – 20:00
Date: Thursday 24 April 2025
Location: The Woolsack
ParliOut Spring Social
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Summary of 2025-26 budgets
StandardThe summary of the 2025-26 budgets can be found on IPSA’s website here:
https://www.ipsaonline.org.uk/guidance/reports-and-budgeting#summary-of-2025-26-budgets
IPSA – 2025-2026 Salary Ranges
StandardIPSA has published the salary ranges for 2025-2026 and they can be found here:
London area: https://www.ipsaonline.org.uk/guidance/pay-and-benefits#mps-staff-pay-ranges-2025-26-london-area
Non-London area: https://www.ipsaonline.org.uk/guidance/pay-and-benefits#mps-staff-pay-ranges-2025-26-non-london-area
Volunteers wanted to pilot constituency engagement tracking tool
StandardMembers’ staff wanted to test the Participation Services Dashboard.
The Participation team is looking for Members’ staff to take part in a pilot study testing the Participation Services Dashboard, a tool to give you quick and easy insights into how your constituents are engaging with services offered by the Participation team. This includes their involvement in education programmes, tours of Parliament and sign-ups for UK Parliament Week.
Volunteers would need to attend three 30-minute online meetings from early June to mid-July – a range of times will be offered to best fit your diary.
For more information or to register your interest, please visit Parlinet or email [email protected]
Practical recommendations for supporting staff in a political office
StandardBy Jennifer Lees-Marshment
Professor of Political Management and Marketing at The University of Dundee
Wednesday April 2nd at 2pm
This workshop will present practical recommendations for supporting staff in political offices. These were created by interviewing political advisors who worked for Prime Ministers, Ministers and MPs in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand about what they had found worked best within the realities of politics and government.
Participants will also get the opportunity to reflect on which recommendations they might consider implementing, and to share any additional practices they have found useful.
This will be of interest to existing and prospective staffers and special advisers, and those already support and manage colleagues, teams or offices or aspire to in the future.
Brief author intro
Jennifer Lees-Marshment is Professor of Political Marketing and Management at The University of Dundee and interviewed over 65 advisors who worked for Prime Ministers, Ministers and MPs in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada to identify over 50 best practice recommendations for improving the support and management of political staffers.
To receive the Teams link to this session, please email [email protected]
Casework Discussion Forum: Home Office MP account management team
StandardTime: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: 8 April 2025
Location: Online via MS Teams
The Casework Discussion Forum takes place each month via MS Teams.
For the April 2025 forum we will be joined by staff from the Home Office MP account management team. The session will provide an overview of the Home Office MPAM team and a chance for the team to hear feedback from caseworkers.
Accredited CPD courses
StandardThe Members and Members’ Staff Services Team are thrilled to announce the launch of accredited Continuing Professional Development(CPD) courses. CPD refers to any activity that encourages participants to learn new skills, knowledge or expertise that will help them progress in their chosen career.
Further information is available on ParliNet.
Library and POST research for today’s debates, straight to your phone
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The Commons Library and POST have launched a new WhatsApp channel, bringing you impartial, curated research every day, at least an hour before the Chamber sits. Join us over on Research in Parliament to get the facts you need for the day’s debates, direct to your phone.
Follow Research in Parliament or scan the QR code below to join.
🔔 And don’t forget to tap the notifications bell to stay in the loop!
Invitation for MPs: Bank of England Briefing
StandardThe Bank of England wishes to invite Members of Parliament to a briefing in Portcullis House on Thursday 27th March from 9.30-11.00:
How the Work of the Bank of England Affects Your Constituents
The Bank’s wide-ranging work – on interest rates, the safety of the financial system, managing the UK’s high-value payment system, and supplying genuine, difficult-to-counterfeit banknotes, among other areas – directly affects people and businesses up and down the country.
With an interest rate decision on 20th March, this will be an ideal opportunity to ask your questions and learn more about the work of the Bank of England.
Please book a place via the Member Training Learning Portal here or by emailing [email protected]
The Staff Room
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Have you signed up to receive The House magazine’s bi-weekly e-newsletter, The Staff Room, written by and for MPs’ staff?
It’s got everything you want to know about navigating the job, getting to know the working community, and having a little fun on the side.
It meets the increasing professionalisation needs of its audience; you’ll learn how to support MPs with parliamentary duties, get training and career development tips, manage offices, use parliamentary facilities and much more.
However, it won’t just be work, work, work: those who sign up will also get invitations to exclusive events in Westminster and guidance on the best places to eat, drink and network around SW1.
Sign up here.