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The Great Parliamentary Get Together
All MPs, Peers and staff welcome Time: 13:00 – 15:00Date: Wednesday 21 June 2023Location: Jubilee Room, Westminster Hall
Caseworker Discussion Forum – Asylum & Immigration Q&A
Time: 14:30Date: Thursday 23 March 2023Location: Online via MS Teams The Library, in conjunction with the Members’ Services Team, is pleased to invite you to the Casework Discussion Forum which will take place virtually each month. With CJ McKinney and Melanie Gower from the Library’s Home Affairs Section. The forum will be complemented by a…
The price of postage stamps will rise on 3 April 2023
The prices of Royal Mail postage stamps will rise on 3 April 2023 A first-class stamp for a standard letter will rise from 95p to £1.10 A second-class stamp for a standard letter will rise from 68p to 75p The new Guide to Prices can be found here: https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2023-03/royal-mail-our-prices-april-2023-ta.pdf
New Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules
The Code of Conduct describes the responsibilities that MPs have as Members of the House and are based on a set of principles. The new Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules relating to the conduct ofMembers took effect from 1 March 2023. You can see a copy of the letter from the Parliamentary Commissioner for…
General Election planning at Parliament: What does it take?
Time: 12:00 – 13:00Date: Thursday 16 March 2023Location: Online via Teams Ahead of the next general election planning is under way, including to support new and departing MPs. Come along to this online event you will hear more about what it takes and can ask questions to some of the key people involved. For further…
Introduction to PolicyMogul – webinar
Webinar for parliamentary teams Date: Wednesday, 8 March 2023Time: 2.00pm – 2.45pmVenue: Online This online webinar is your chance to learn about the value that PolicyMogul provides for parliamentarians and their staff. As well as an overview of the platform’s features, we will highlight some best practices related to getting the most out of the…
Financial Wellbeing – a talk by the Money and Pension service (MaPS)
Financial Wellbeing: a talk by Victoria Copeland, Regional Partnerships Manager, Money and Pension service (MaPS) Time: 14:30 – 15:30Date: Thursday 16 March 2023Location: Online via Teams The Money and Pension Service is working to improve financial outcomes for everyone living and working in the UK. Through our MoneyHelper service we offer free impartial information guidance…
All MPs’ Staff Q&A Session: Home Office Update
Time: 14:00 – 15:00Date: Tuesday 7 March 2023Location: Online The MST is pleased to be joined by Katie Shooter from the Home Office who will provide an update. This will be a question and answer session and we would request that you submit questions in advance by emailing MST@parliament.uk. Time permitting, we will open the…
Improving accessibility on ParliamentLive.tv
Live subtitles, closed captions and British Sign Language. When watching parliamentlive.tv, you can now view live subtitles or closed captions for both the Commons and Lords Chambers. Users can select subtitles or closed captions on the parliamentlive.tv video player by clicking on the ‘subtitles’ button. The subtitles will also be embedded in the broadcasting feed…
Health Kiosk in Richmond House
A Health Kiosk has been installed in the ground floor Richmond House Community Hub. It’s available to use 24/7, at a time that is most convenient to you and is available for all passholders to use. What is it? Have a look at this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNgBqBGBTU For further information on the Health Kiosk, please…