Monthly Archives: March 2012

Social next week for interns and branch members

The union branch will be holding an interns social from 5:30pm this Tuesday 3 April in the back room of the Sports and Social on the Parliamentary Estate. It will be branch members and interns only as we’ll be putting money towards drinks for people, so please RSVP to our Social Secretary at sarah.mcguire@unitepsbranch.org Hope to see you there!

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LGBT Parliament – ParliOut AGM today

ParliOut AGM March 22nd at 18:30 │ Conference Room E – 7 Millbank Dear ParliOut Member, You are invited to the AGM of ParliOut on 22nd March 2012. The committee would like to hear your thoughts on the past 10 months (since the last AGM) and any ideas for future events. It would be great if you could answer these quick questions prior to the AGM or think about them … Continue reading

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Taking on the Media Barons – TUC, NUJ and CPBF Conference

TAKING ON THE MEDIA BARONS How can we make the media fair for all?  TUC, NUJ and CPBF Conference Saturday 17 March Congress House, Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LS – contact Stuart Watkin on watkinsb@parliament.uk if you’d like to attend.   PROGRAMME OPENING REMARKS AND WELCOME 10am – 10.10am Frances O’Grady -TUC Deputy General Secretary   Session 1 10.10am – 11am Keynote address and Q&A Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP – Labour Deputy Leader … Continue reading

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Union branch welcomes positive changes in IPSA’s latest review of expenses scheme

Yesterday IPSA published their review of the expenses scheme, with some very positive changes for staff that the union branch has been lobbying hard for over recent years. The full scheme is available here and IPSA’s summary of the changes is available here, but in terms of staff wins we are looking at: The Staffing Expenditure budget limit has been increased to £137,200 for non-London Area MPs and £144,000 for London Area MPs, incorporating … Continue reading

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