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- Starting Out: Applications, internships and work experience
- Working for an MP (2010 Guide)
- Foreword by Mr Speaker
- Foreword by the Clerk of the House
- First things you need to know
- Introduction
- How to survive your first ten days at Westminster
- How to survive your first ten days in the constituency office
- Freedom of Information and Data Protection issues
- Ten Things the Library Can Do For You
- Casework
- Doing research in an MP’s office
- Staff rights
- Groups which staff can join
- Getting the best out of your internship
- Managing internships
- Standard letters and forms
- Managing your MP’s Internet enthusiasm
- Parliamentary jargon
- Introduction to political blogs and social media
- Maps of the Parliamentary Estate
- Contributors
- Members’ Tours
- Welcome to your new job
- You and Your Job: The Facts
- Welcome
- Your Employment
- Redundancy
- Maternity Leave and Pay for MPs’ Staff
- Staff salary scales
- Training courses for MPs’ Staff
- Union membership for MPs’ Staff
- On-site nursery at Westminster
- Promotion of a Political Party: Guidance from IPSA and the Information Commissioner
- Help at Work for All Staff
- Employment Rights
- Commons Personnel Advice Service
- Do you need to register as self-employed?
- Working from Home: A guide for those who work for an MP
- Dissolution 2015
- Your MP: Basic Info
- Political links and know-how
- Casework
- Support in Your Job
- Your Office
- Organising things: Diary, meetings and events
- Organising a Meeting in Parliament
- Bulk emails – the DOs and DON’Ts
- How to stop junk faxes, junk mail and unwanted sales calls
- Email etiquette
- Managing an MP’s Diary
- Booking committee and meeting rooms
- Today’s Meetings – where to find them all
- How to get photos of your MP in the chamber
- Parliamentary Outreach – free service for the public
- Diary Management – Never miss another appointment
- Visits
- Hiring work experience students and interns
- Paying for security costs in your constituency
- Using the Library from the Constituency
- Organising events in the constituency
- Laptop security
- Security at Westminster and in Constituency Offices
- Hiring Staff Part 1 – Recruitment
- Hiring Staff – Part 2 Interviewing
- Hiring Staff – Part 3 Induction
- Twelve Months in a Constituency Office
- Freedom of Information and Data Protection issues
- Organising things: Diary, meetings and events
- Parliament: Users’ Guide
- Who’s Who
- Guide to All Party Parliamentary Groups
- PICT (Parl’y Info Communication & Technology) – what they offer
- List of Ministerial Responsibilities
- ‘Servants of the House’ – what the Clerks do
- List of current MPs elected to Parliament following the 2010 General Election
- Parl’y Office of Science & Technology – POST notes
- Whips and Their Work
- The Library
- 10 things the Library can do for you
- Guides to Commons Library Services
- The Library Loans Service
- Online resources from the Commons Library
- Library Contact Scheme
- Commons Library Directory of Subject Specialists – latest version
- Debate Packs from the Commons Library
- Library Briefing Papers (Research Papers and Standard Notes)
- How it works
- Researcher Extraordinaire
- Online Parliamentary Archives catalogue
- Who’s Who
- How the place works” – Parliamentary Procedure
- Understanding the Parliamentary Stages of a Government Bill
- Moving on – Life after working for an MP
- Staying sane over the summer recess
- Introduction to the Child Maintenance Service – guide for MPs and Staff
- Old Guides
- Older Guides (pre-2014)
- Parliamentary CV Scheme: Feedback
- Services from the Library for Members’ staff
- Facilities and Services for Members’ Staff
- Political Assistants’ Pay
- Can’t ring constituents who bar calls from withheld numbers?
- Clarification on proper use of Commons stationery
- Setting Up the Office
- Everyday Tasks
- Business of the House and its Committees: a short guide
- Dean Trench’s Guides
- How Your Boss Will Celebrate Bonfire Night
- Seven Resolutions All Bag-Carriers Make In October
- “Somebody will show you where the filing cabinet is.”
- Bag Carriers On Strike!
- What Kind of Intern Are You?
- Bag Carriers Translated
- Ten Phrases Every Bag-carrier Needs to Fear
- Dropping a Clanger
- Tips and Hints for Recess
- The Conference Season Cometh
- The Six Stages of Bag-Carrying
- He’s Just Not That Into You
- The Top Ten Most Annoying Things Your MP Will Do
- Where Angels Fear to Tread
- The Ten Commandments – If they were written by bag-carriers for MPs
- Handling the Media
- What Kind of MP Do You Work For? A reference guide for bag-carriers
- You May Be in a Political Drama If…
- How to Carry Bags at Party Conference
- Dean Trench (1979 – 2010)
- Dean Trench Revisited
- A Useful ‘Member of Parliament’ Translator
- Favourite Parliamentary Moment of the Year – 2011
- Hoby Cartoons on w4mp
- Parliamentary Assistant – The Truth Will Out!
- Twelve Months in a Constituency Office: In a Cupboard with Snow-Shoes, Street-Lights and Election Frenzy
- Sally’s Diary
- Ten things you should never let your MP do
- Livia’s Diary
- Harper Pepperswitch’s Guides
- Correspondence from Jenny
- The Wild and the Wilful: other alt.guides
- 12 months at Westminster – the obstacle course
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