A new series of podcasts has been launched, featuring Members’ staff and Teams across the House of Commons discussing different issues that affect Members’ Offices.
To find out more, please see here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=2184
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: Thursday 21 March 2024
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams
The March 2024 forum will be on the topic of Local government finance for caseworkers. We will be joined by Mark Sandford from the Library’s Parliament and Constitution Centre and Phil Brien from our Economic Policy and Statistics Section.
To book, click here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/signup.php?s=16640
The ICO is hosting a webinar for Members’ staff on Constituency Casework Data and Dissolution on Thursday 7 March from 2pm.
There will be an open Q&A session where you can ask any questions on this subject.
To attend, please visit this page and then follow the link to register:
Time: 14:30 – 15:30
Date: Thursday 22 February 2024
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams
The February 2024 forum will be on the topic of Common employment law disputes. We will be joined by Patrick Brione from the Library’s Business and Transport Section.
To book, please go here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/signup.php?s=16610
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: Thursday 18 January 2024
Location: Virtual via Microsoft Teams
The January 2024 forum will be on the topic of Boundary changes: how to find data about new constituencies. We will be joined by staff from the Library’s Social and General Statistics Section.
To sign up, please go here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/signup.php?s=16606
Please join the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Advocacy Team, who will raise awareness of Disability Services, to support your constituents. The Team will cover the Access to Work (ATW) grant which supports people with a health condition or a disability to get into and retain work. If you have a question you would like to pre-submit for the DWP please email MST@parliament.uk
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Date: Wednesday 20 December 2023
Location: Online Via Teams
For further information and to register, please go here: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=6017
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Date: 16 January 2024
Location: Online via Teams
For full details and booking, please visit https://parliament.learningpool.com/course/view.php?id=2068
Please note that the email addresses used to contact the Home Office for immigration matters have been changed.
Please check the Hotlines List for the new addresses.
There is a new document giving an overview of the MP Account Management Services. Please do take a few minutes to read it, as it could save you a lot of time when submitting queries to the Home Office. You can find it here: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-mstinfo/SitePages/Caseworker-Hub.aspx
Please note that the contact details for the Home Office in relation to immigration matters have now changed. Please see the new hotlines list for details.
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Date: Thursday 16 November 2023
Location: Online via MS Teams
With Sally Lipscombe from the Library’s Home Affairs Section and Hannah Cromarty from the Social Policy Section.
To book and view other Caseworker Discussion Q&A sessions, please visit ACT: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=5177