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A second year as the PRCA’s public affairs partner GovConnex is the PRCA’s public affairs partner for a second year, and spoke at its conference in London in September. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 How to build a public affairs strategy Set the objective, work out who decides, map stakeholders and plan around the parliamentary and fiscal year, with a one-page template and a worked example. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 How to write a briefing note What to put in a briefing note for a minister, MP or official, in what order, and who should send it and when, with a model note for a Secretary of State and a checklist. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 How to meet an MP or minister Who to meet, how to ask, how to use 30 minutes well and how to follow up, at Westminster and in the devolved parliaments, with a model brief, agenda and follow-up email. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 Public affairs roadmap: best practice, step by step How to plan a year of public affairs: objectives, stakeholders, the parliamentary and fiscal calendar, issues and reporting, with a worked 12-month example. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 Writing to MPs: the essential checklist Six checks to run before a letter or meeting request goes to an MP, minister or peer, with a good and a bad letter to compare. -
Conference wrap: Conservatives 2026 Kemi Badenoch’s steadier leadership, The Right Way and a party still polling around 20 per cent -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 How to choose a political monitoring service A buyer’s guide to political monitoring: Westminster, Whitehall and devolved coverage, speed, relevance, analysts or software, and a fair trial. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 How to choose public affairs software What public affairs software should do for your team, from monitoring Westminster and the devolved parliaments to stakeholder management, issue tracking and reporting. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 Public affairs CRM: why a sales CRM falls short Why public affairs teams outgrow a sales CRM for stakeholder management, what a public affairs CRM adds at Westminster and in the devolved parliaments, and how to choose one. -
GovConnex Guide October 2026 What is political intelligence? Political intelligence explained for public affairs teams: how it differs from political and media monitoring, how devolution shapes it and how to build it. -
AI in Westminster: the 2026 report Parliament’s AI debate in data: five times 2023’s volume, a superintelligence bill and AI policy split three ways. -
Verified contacts in Scotland and Wales 154 staff contacts across the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd, with checked emails and LinkedIn profiles. -
GovConnex in Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot Connect any assistant that supports MCP, then ask about parliament and, if you allow it, your team’s notes, contacts and meetings, with every answer cited. -
Conference wrap: Labour Party 2026 Andy Burnham’s first conference as Prime Minister: a National Care Service, the triple lock and who pays -
Conference wrap: Liberal Democrats 2026 The Liberal Democrats in Brighton: 72 MPs, 10 per cent in the polls and a debate about relevance -
Tracker, Planner and Maps Follow bills, inquiries and consultations in Tracker, plan your team’s work, and see issues and census data by seat. -
Conference wrap: Reform UK 2026 How the First 100 Days pitch at Reform UK’s 2026 conference was overshadowed by a Channel 4 exposé -
The rise and relevance of select committees Why Commons select committees matter more to public affairs since the 2010 Wright reforms -
Red Monday: the arrival of the new order Andy Burnham’s arrival in Downing Street: the new Cabinet, Number 10 and what it means for Labour -
4,000 verified staffers, 970 MP biographies Chiefs of staff to electorate officers in Australia and the UK, and fuller biographies of 970 MPs. -
Campaigns, rebuilt Start from a template, track campaign health and target dates, tag your evidence, and see each campaign on a dashboard. -
GovConnex on your phone Prepare for a meeting with Analyst, log activity, search people and documents, and scan business cards. iPhone and Android. -
Webinar Online 16April 2026 Public affairs in the age of AI Tomos Day and Paul Vavich on how UK public affairs teams are putting AI to work. -
Reports for leadership Five report types, from CRM activity to campaign briefings, exported as PDF, Word, Excel or CSV with your branding and an AI-drafted summary. -
Analyst, across GovConnex Analyst now works throughout the platform, with fast, deep and automatic modes, document analysis and shared workflows. -
Webinar Online 3March 2026 Spring Statement 2026 Frances Haque, chief economist at Santander UK, and Michael Johnson of 56 Degrees North on the Spring Statement. -
Bluesky across the UK Posts from members of all four UK parliaments, and from departments and associations, in your feed and alerts. -
CRM notifications Hear when you’re mentioned or assigned, before a task is due and when a campaign changes, with a roundup every Friday. -
Impact mapping Upload your sites, staff or members by address or postcode and see them by seat, on every MP’s profile. -
Scottish and Welsh legislation Bills, inquiries and committees from the Scottish Parliament, and bills from the Senedd. -
Instant transcripts in ten parliaments Hearings in Australia and New Zealand, and selected UK committee sessions, transcribed within hours with a summary. -
One year of Labour How the Starmer government’s first year measured up on its manifesto, the economy and its majority -
Analyst An AI analyst that answers questions and drafts summaries from GovConnex’s parliamentary and government sources. -
Policymaking in the age of AI Our first flagship event in the UK, held in London, with a keynote from Dr Kerry McInerney of the University of Cambridge. -
The Conservatives: where to? Where the Conservatives stood in early 2025, squeezed by Reform after their worst defeat in modern history -
The 2025 Spring Statement What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement and the OBR’s March 2025 forecast meant for the fiscal rules
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