We've been looking into money in politics for a while now. Come along next week to hear about what we found out about the donations system, why it's, er, not great, and how we can fix it!

No strong comment on this, but one I haven't seen before. Easyjet paying for christmas card postage for Luton MP.

A new House of Commons register of interests has been released and uploaded to TheyWorkForYou https://www.theyworkforyou.com/interests

Really interesting from Martin. And do you know what else will be interesting if you're into freedom of information? FOI Fest! Thursday 19 February, London/online, free, sign up now pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...

If you know me you know I am a sunlight obsessive and @dracos.co.uk made my year this year by making this!! dracos.co.uk/made/sunligh...

The Covid Inquiry revealed that there were ‘substantive discussions’ of important policy decisions via texts. Frequent use of WhatsApp undermines transparency, and decreases the quality of decisions. By @benworthy.bsky.social & @mrosenbaum.bsky.social

New House of Commons Library briefing on political financing: donations loans and state funding commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Hosting this nice event in an hour if you want to hear some good news stories while you eat your lunch! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977360852...

Morning! Here's something exciting we've been working on: WriteToThem Insights www.mysociety.org/2025/12/11/n...

For @thefabians.bsky.social , @juliacushion.bsky.social and I wrote about improving parliamentary data/standards around MPs financial interests: fabians.org.uk/beyond-trans...

We're trying something new today! From 1pm we'll be answering questions over on reddit, but you can add your questions in ahead of time! www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

Ahead of todays’s launch of the UKs Anti Corruption Strategy, watch below to hear why corruption is not some far away problem, but has a corrosive influence on all of our daily lives. And do give the UKACC page a follow to keep up date of all the brill work CSOs in the sector are doing.

Know a journalist with a powerful idea for a story that would lead to social change? Tell them they have one month left to apply for a Tenacious Journalist Award of £10k! 💪 More details: www.tenaciousawards.org/about-the-jo... #journalism ✒️ 📲 📷 🗞️

Another day, another panel that I felt very lucky to be on! Today I was talking about a different kind of devolution - mayors and combined / strategic authorities. Thanks for all the great questions, check out our recent report: www.mysociety.org/2025/11/18/m...

Idk how Rachel is finding it but I had a great time!

Apparently there's another woman from Leeds with a brunette bob talking in a Parliament building about something or other today?? 😅 Anyway, I'm at the Senedd and excited to be appearing alongside @jessblair.bsky.social @lauramcallister30.bsky.social & Mark Drakeford!

Really looking forward to this!

Not too late to register and join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ati-master...

You can't say @juliacushion.bsky.social doesn't get about! On 27 Nov, she (alongside Isaac from @climateemergencyuk.bsky.social) will be speaking at this @londonassembly.bsky.social event on Mayoral scrutiny (all welcome): www.eventbrite.com/e/holding-ma... #Mayors #accountability

A new House of Commons register of interests has been released and uploaded to TheyWorkForYou https://www.theyworkforyou.com/interests

Nice to see Icebreaker One build on @mysociety.org's AI Framework here ib1.org/2025/11/13/i...

🌟 Tomorrow! 🌟 We've had a fantastic run of events all about the power of freedom of information to make real world change, and I think this one could be our best yet! We'd love to see you there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networked-...

🌟 Tomorrow! 🌟 We've had a fantastic run of events all about the power of freedom of information to make real world change, and I think this one could be our best yet! We'd love to see you there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networked-...

Yesterday's evidence session about freedom of information in Scotland felt really positive and ambitious - much needed at the moment! Lovely to see @benworthy.bsky.social & @muteswann.bsky.social also speak to the committee, and huge thanks to @cfoiscot.bsky.social for all of their hard work!

How to avoid concreting cowpats (and other AI hokem) Or, six questions to help scrutinise the AI system or policy solution you're being sold Delighted to write for @thehousemag.bsky.social @politicshome.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

hey nerds, we did something you'll like

📺 ICYMI you can catch up on event from this lunchtime over on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hik2...

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

Today at 12! Still time to register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theyworkfo...

Few things from this release

MPs profiles now have a 'Committees / APPGs' section with more information about their current committees and APPG memberships.

A load of work went into this and I'm happy it's out in the world! What do you and your MP have in common? 🤔

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💫 Little end of the week round up of what we've been up to at @mysociety.bsky.social ICYMI 💫

Twenty five years on, key parts of the compensation scheme for post office Horizon victims are just now being put in place. In the new era of generative AI, how do we bring issues to light and address them before they create this kind of tragedy? www.publictechnology.net/2025/10/07/s...

New registers of interests are up on TWFY - this update includes a bunch of donations to Labour deputy leadership candidates, if you're interested in that sort of thing. You can see just new entries (and download as csv etc) here: data.mysociety.org/datasette/?m...

this short and sweet blog from @dracos.co.uk is worth two mins of your time, it's important to us to be able to support other good bits of the internet, and it's important to me that everyone is reminded of this classic @xkcd.com

Tbf some of us have been on this story for years www.opendemocracy.net/en/asylum-ho... www.opendemocracy.net/en/home-offi... Great to see conditions & profits getting more coverage and more awareness across the board 💪

We've been working on some cool stuff and we want to tell you about it!

who wore it better??

This should be a really interesting one... How can we measure implementation of freedom of information laws when each country might have thousands of different public bodies? How far does assessing legislation get us? Join us to find out!

There's still time - but only just - to sign up to today's #FOI event in which three experts will be looking at how FOI law works when it meets the real world. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-tr...

there's nothing like a packed 3.5 hour crosscountry journey with no catering and only 1 working toilet to make you miss the sweet embrace of the LNER azuma

Staying in an very strange hotel in Cardiff with extremely dodgy decor celebrating colonisers "defending British interests"?? "a wealthy sugar plantation owner"??

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It's up! Deadline 22 Oct yourviews.parliament.scot/sppa/freedom...

As noted in @clairemiller.bsky.social's brill #FOIFriday round-up, the Scottish government have announced they're seeking views on the new FOI bill, deadline Monday. Hopefully not, as committee website says they're "not currently seeking views" on anything... clairemiller.net/2025/09/free...

Flying pass through the new register today:

To disagree with this: A climate emergency declaration is a political signal in favour of taking action. It's good for councils to do this, because it helps (if not guarantees) further action.

For any ministers twitchers out there Rushanara Ali's previous briefs of elections/democracy and fire safety (response to Grenfell) have been reunited under Samantha Dixon PUSS in MHCLG who also takes on resilience & emergencies *insert your own jokes here