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These rates are for the National Living Wage (for those aged 23 and over) and the National Minimum Wage (for those of at least school leaving age). The rates change on 1 April every year.
| 23 and over | 21 to 22 | 18 to 20 | Under 18 | Apprentice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | £8.91 | £8.36 | £6.56 | £4.62 | £4.30 |
Apprentices are entitled to the apprentice rate if they’re either:
The House will rise on Thursday 25 March 2021 and will return on Tuesday 13 April 2021.
You can see further information here: https://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/business-faq-page/recess-dates/
IPSA has published the 2021-2022 staff salary ranges on the website here:
Two years ago today, Meg Williams organised the successful inaugural event which took place at Lord’s Cricket Ground, and later that summer a small team took part in their first soft ball cricket tournament. Needless to say, the last two years have been particularly busy, but with the light at the end of the tunnel in sight, this month will see the re-launch of the team.
With this in mind, the WPCT would be delighted if you are able to attend the first event on Monday 12 April, at 15h00 with Clare Connor, incoming President of the MCC, Managing Director Women’s Cricket, ECB and Former England captain for our virtual Cricket and Coffee event.
The team is for all abilities, whether you are new to the game, a professional or just have a passion for the sport and would like to get involved and learn more – open to MPs, Peers and staff of both.
The aim of this event is recruit members of the Women’s Parliamentary Cricket Team, with the aim of setting up a regular training schedule, ready for some fixtures, as well as social events throughout the year.
To RSVP to the event, or if you would like to get involved with the team please email [email protected].
The Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests runs workshops for Members and their staff on the following subjects together with the next available dates. The workshops will be run remotely via MS Teams.
A. Openness and Registering Members’ Financial Interests, covering:
Dates:
B. How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), covering
Dates:
Booking required. Please contact [email protected] to book a place.
News from the Parliamentary Digital Service:
From Friday 5 March, the calendar page on the UK Parliament website will be replaced by a new What’s On section. These pages show a day by day view of what’s happening in the Commons, Lords and committees.
The new pages still provide comprehensive detail about what’s happening across Parliament, but with a fresh new look and additional features.
From the What’s On pages, you can:
• View events for specific days or across a whole week
• Access recess and non-sitting date information
• Add events to your calendars
From tomorrow, you won’t be able to access the old calendar page and will instead be automatically redirected to the What’s On pages.
We’ve received an email from our friends over at the Hansard Society, with links to New procedural guides to the Budget and Finance Bill.
Here’s what they wrote:
If you are watching the Chancellor’s Statement this afternoon, and keeping an eye on the Budget debate over the next week and then the Finance Bill, our new procedural guides to the Budget and the Finance Bill will help you navigate your way through the parliamentary proceedings.
Why does the Deputy Speaker chair the debate on Budget day? Why does the Chancellor move a Provisional Collection of Taxes motion? What is a Ways and Means motion? Can MPs amend Budget motions? What is a ‘Bill of Aids and Supplies’? Is the scrutiny process for the Finance Bill any different to that for other Bills? Why does the House of Lords not conduct detailed scrutiny of the Finance Bill?
The answers to these and many more questions are set out in the guides.
The Budget
The Finance Bill
The Charity Commission register of charities displays information about how charities are run, and how they manage their finances, including information about salaries paid to senior staff members (in bands, upwards from £60k), whether a charity’s trustees are remunerated and its income, if any, from government contracts.
You can search for charities in your constituency here: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/constituency-search
w4mp has received complaints that people who have been removed from the hotlines list are still being contacted by MPs’ offices.
Please can you ensure that you use only the current list, linked to from this page.
Please do not save or print the hotlines list, as this risks you using incorrect details and causing annoyance to the people you are contacting.
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
Date: Friday 19 February 2021
The relationships between well-being and work have long been recognised, however the role of these in the fields of politics and government have not historically received the attention they deserve.
Research conducted by psychologists within the UK Parliament has been the focus of a recent report published by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
It highlighted potential sources of psychological pressure and developed recommendations to help the political workplace foster improved well-being for all its staff. Two members of the team Dr Ashley Weinberg, Chair of the BPS Political Psychology Section, and Andrew Baldwin, BPS Policy Advisor (Work), will present the report’s findings and its implications for political staff.
To join, please email [email protected]