How can new technology build capacity, strengthen scrutiny and improve public engagement within the legislative process?  Does Restoration and Renewal present a rare opportunity to experiment with more innovative working practices? We gathered leading thinkers and practitioners from Parliament and the tech arena to examine these themes at the opening event of Parliament Week 2016. Watch the event in full on YouTube – including w4mp editor Bill Thompson in a rare public foray. Read the first of three posts on the day’s key take-aways Explore the online…

At long last, the List of Ministerial Responsibilities has been brought up to date. This useful document gives the names, postal addresses, email addresses and telephone number for all of the current Government Ministers, and also lists their specific responsibilities. You can find a link to it on the first page our hotlines list on the intranet.

The London office of European Council on Foreign Relations, on the 7th floor of the King’s Building in Westminster, has conference facilities available for hire. Download their brochure or contact the Office Manager, Anna Bea Götz, on anna.goetz@ecfr.eu According to them:  “its convenient location, great views and closeness to the river make it both a pleasant as much as a professional venue for smaller or larger events and meetings of formal or informal nature”. The nearest public transport hubs are Westminster, St James’s Park, Victoria…

We don’t normally promote cabaret, but with Christmas coming up, we thought you might like to know that an old friend of w4mp, Ed Barker, will be launching his long awaited second album in a showcase on 6th December 2016 at one of London’s most exciting and intimate music venues, The Hippodrome Casino. Come and celebrate the launch of Are You Listenin’? with an evening of spectacular music, special guests including BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Lance Ellington, dinner, drinks and album giveaways…as well as the…

Are you looking for something a little different for Christmas gifts?  Have a look at the Houses of Parliament Gift Shops for books, stationery, confectionery, gifts and much more. On the intranet, you can view the House of Commons gift shop and the House of Lords Gift Shop, or on Parliament’s public website, you can look at the Houses of Parliament Gift Shop, which has a different range of items from the ones on the intranet.  Members of the public can also visit the Parliament shop…