2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. This talk gives an overview of the United Nations, how its work has evolved over 80 years, and the challenges it faces in the future. The talk will also explore the UK’s role at the United Nations, including as a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council.…

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is an impartial research and knowledge exchange service based in the UK Parliament. POST works to ensure members of parliament from both Houses have access to the latest evidence and expertise on complex and emerging topics. It is a valuable resource for parliamentarians looking for clear, impartial…

Monday, 23rd June 2025Vote Office Tour (45 min)Join us to learn more about the history of the office and the work we do tosupport Chamber business on a daily basis.1pm (45 min): Registration essential Tuesday, 24th June 2025, 1pm (30 min; MS Teams)Vote Office: Understanding the daily business papersLearn how to navigate the Order Paper…

Wednesday 25 June is Reserve Forces Day. Have a look here to see what’s happening in Parliament: Calling all members of the Reserve Forces

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 – 11:30Date: Thursday 19 June 2025Location: Online Via TeamsRegistration: Via ACT

The government has asked all two-tier local government areas in England to produce unitary reorganisation plans. This talk will assess the initial proposals and indications of the Government’s thinking. Time: 10:30 – 11:30Date: Thursday 12 June 2025Location: Online via TeamsRegistration: On Act

Welcome to Parliament. The new joiner induction sessions are available to book via the ACT portal. If you have a new joiner in your office, please share with them. This session will welcome you to being part of the Parliamentary community and cover essential information from key House services that will help you to settle…

Total Politics Group is proud to announce the launch of the Lord Cormack Fellowship, a new paid, month-long editorial and political journalism fellowship with The House magazine, Parliament’s independent and cross-party publication. The fellowship is named in honour of Lord Patrick Cormack, the late politician, author and journalist who co-founded The House. Generously supported by his family, the…

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 – 11:30Date: 19 June 2025Location: OnlineRegistration:…

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 – 13:30Date: Tuesday 10 June 2025Location: Portcullis House Atrium – look for the ParliCARE banner ParliCARE is a…

Time: 11:30 – 14:00Date: Tuesday 10 June 2025Location: 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. Meet:

Time: 11:30 – 14:00Date: Tuesday 10 JuneLocation: 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…

Presented by the National Audit Office and the House of Commons Library. Time: 10:30-11:30Date: Thursday 5 June 2025Location: Online via Teams Over one in four women are estimated to be victims of sexual assault or attempted assault in their lifetime, and one in 12 women are victims of VAWG each year, although the actual number…

Tonight at 6pm GMB is holding another football session! All members are welcome to go to Lollard Street, Vauxhall, London, SE11 6PX for a kickabout. After the game finishes, members are heading to a local pub! If you would like to know more about events like this, or if you would like to join the…

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…

First Report of Session 2024–25 Speaker’s Conference on the security of MPs, candidates and elections has published its first report of session 2024-25, laying out the evidence, conclusions and recommendations from the first phase of its work. You can read the full report here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmspeak/570/report.html#heading-0

Time: 14:30-15:30Date: 4 June 2025Location: Teams With Donal Galligan (Chief Executive of the Ombudsman Association) and Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) staff, as well as Library specialists covering different ombudsman schemesAlso: Digital Services staff will give a quick update on the Register of Interests for Members Staff service To register, please visit https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=1953

Science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) are important for the UK’s economic future. How can the routes through education and into STEM be improved? Find out more in the POST research briefing: UK STEM skills pipeline

The casework discussion forum chat will move to a Teams channel to accommodate more caseworkers from Monday 2 June 2025.  If you’re already a member of the casework discussion forum, you should have been automatically added to the new channel already.  Login to your parliamentary account to find more information on ParliNet, including guidance and…

Time: 17:45 – 20:30Date: 11tJune 2025Location: Jubilee Room, Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster Join us for a screening of the film “Only Love Matters” and a Q&A with the producer and director. The film will start at 18:00 and lasts approx. 93 minutes. Following the film stay for a Q&A with Dr Iram Qureshi (Producer)…

Building on the success of last year’s packed The House magazine Staffer Reception and the launch of The Staff Room newsletter now with over 700 subscribers, we’re excited to expand our support for parliamentary staff with The House Staffer Network series. Hosted in Parliament, these in-person workshops are designed to help you sharpen your skills, tackle real workplace challenges, and connect…

Find out what Parliament is doing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, including events, displays and learning resources. See their website here: Remembering Parliament’s World War Two Contributions​

Fancy a game of chess? The Parliamentary Chess Club meets at 6pm every Monday evening in Portcullis House when Parliament is not in recess. For more information, please see here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/groups-which-staff-can-join/sports-and-social-groups/uk-parliamentary-chess-club/

A research briefing from POST – the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology. What is the relationship between public engagement activities and public trust? What makes different types of engagement methods effective, and how can they engage the public and impact trust levels? Download the briefing here: Trust, public engagement and UK Parliament

Time: 14:00 – 18:00Date: 2 June 2025Location: PCHOpen to: All Members and their staff, Peers, and all parliamentary staff.Registration required before 26 May 2025 – see below Join our expert panel event to explore the role that politicians and key parliamentary personnel play in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism. The event – hosted by…

The MMSST is pleased to announce the launch of two new forums for Members’ Staff, one for Parliamentary Assistants and Researchers and one for staff in Communication and Administration roles.   There are now four dedicated Forums for Members’ staff, each tailored to specific job roles. The forums serve as a space for you to connect with colleagues,…

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is hosting free thirty-minute webinars on bystander training. Here’s what they say: “There has been unprecedented demand for bystander training from both the business world and the general public after the tragic case of Sarah Everard. People and organisations want to take steps to address the prevalence of unwanted and aggressive…

Westminster Wanderers FC is an adult men’s FA standard football club, competing in the Southern Sunday Football League and also organising social football. We are seeking new players to play our weekly social football match, which has been going for at least 10 years. We play an 8-a-side game at Pimlico Academy every week on…

Time: 11:30 – 14:00Date: Tuesday 13 MayLocation: 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. Meet:

Good Information Toolkit Talk from the House of Commons Library How does health literacy impact constituents and the NHS? Join us for an essential session focused on improving health literacy, where we will ask: What is health literacy? If you’re working in a constituency, this session can help you engage with communities about their health…

Time: 14:30 – 15:30Date: 8 May 2025Location: Online via MS Teams The Casework Discussion Forum takes place each month via MS Teams. The topic for May’s forum meeting will be a Local transport Q&A (UK wide). We’ll be joined by Roger Tyers and Mike Benson from the Library’s Business and Transport team, and Iona Stewart from the…

The House of Commons funds and administers a range of insurance policies designed to protect MPs when carrying out their Parliamentary and constituency duties. Read more about them here: https://w4mp.org/w4mp-guides/your-office/insurance-for-mps/

A new Information Management hub has been launched on ParliNet, bringing together information compliance, management and security guidance into one place.  Visit the IM hub to find guidance on what you need to do at every stage of managing your information, from when you first create and store information, to when we no longer need to keep information.

All MPs’ staff are invited to attend the Unite May Social Time: 18:00Date: Thursday 15 May 2025Location: Old Shadow Cabinet Room

In the May Benefits Newscast from The Benefits Training Company, David, Will and Charlotte discuss: You can listen to the Newscast and a transcript here: https://www.benefitstraining.co.uk/benefits-newscast/

A free seminar from the Pensions Policy Institute, kindly sponsored by Phoenix Group. Time: 12:00 – 13:00Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025Location: Central Hall Westminster, Dinsdale Young Room, Storey’s Gate, London, SW1H 9NH Pensions are important, but can be very confusing. We can help with this The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) would like to invite you…

House of Commons Library Talk Session outline People who move to the UK can often make it their permanent home after a while by applying for indefinite leave to remain and then British citizenship. We’ll discuss how this works, how long it normally takes and recent announcements in this area from both the Labour government…

The Bank of England would like to invite the staff of MPs based in Scotland to attend a briefing session on the work of the Bank on Tuesday 27 May from 11.00-13.00 at a venue in the centre of Glasgow. Senior Bank staff will deliver a briefing on how the work of the Bank of…

Time: 14:00 – 16:00Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025Location: Jubilee Room Parliament is proud to support Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW), running from Monday 12th – Sunday 18th May 2025.This year’s theme, set by the Mental Health Foundation, is “Community” and the campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness and support good mental health for all.…

Parliament is proud to support Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW), running from 12 – 18 May 2025. MHAW is an opportunity to raise awareness of mental health and share ways to support good mental health for all. This year, the theme for MHAW set by the Mental Health Foundation is Community.  For more details see this page.

Parliament is proud to support Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW), running from 12 – 18 May 2025. MHAW is an opportunity to raise awareness of mental health and share ways to support good mental health for all.  This year, the theme for MHAW set by the Mental Health Foundation is Community. There is something for everyone this Mental Health…

Between June 2023 to June 2024 a cross-party group of civic technologists worked together to create the MP Office Manual. They are all keen to see MPs with well run offices contributing to a flourishing democracy in the UK. You can read it at mpofficemanual.uk The proposals in the manual come from in-depth interviews with…

The Run for Jo is part of the Great Get Together weekend and is all about bringing people together, there will be food, music, stalls and lots of fun! It is all about bringing people together and that means community, friends and family. Children are welcome on both the distances and the 2.5km fun run…

Come along for a drink, a chat, and to meet new people. Everyone is welcome! Time: 17:00 – 20:00Date: Thursday 24 April 2025Location: The Woolsack

The 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 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

Members’ 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…

By Jennifer Lees-MarshmentProfessor 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…

Time: 10:30 – 11:30Date: 8 April 2025Location: 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…

The 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.