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

There's a great job going with my lovely colleagues at @societyworks.org (the commercial arm of the @mysociety.org charity). Please share! apply.workable.com/mysociety/j/...

Departure of Powell means we'll be onto the 11th Leader of the Commons since the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster programme programme started (Oct 2012) and with no actual decision on when the work will start and how it should be done #WestminsterRR

(foi is good!) www.mysociety.org/2022/02/10/f...

At the IfG FOI event, @jennacorderoy.bsky.social talking about getting the basics right - authorities not replying within deadline, continuous use of public interest extensions to just not release information

Packed room for the IfG's event on 25 years of FOI ✨ @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social has started us off with a big happy birthday to FOI! 🎂

Still time to join us: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/foi-ac...

Say hi if you're also going to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk 25 years of FOI event with a real FOI avengers assemble cast incl @itscrowbot.bsky.social @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social @jennacorderoy.bsky.social @benworthy.bsky.social ✨

All my neighbours' kids were going back to school this morning and my red jumper was shade perfect for the local school uniform 😅

I thought this was going to be great but it was even better than I expected! Why not catch up and learn about the power of freedom of information while you commute or cook your dinner :)

Really valuable new data from ONS today on local affordability - though it might already be out of date. Not only is it for 2024 but this measure of rents is for all tenancies, which lag new tenancies as rents rise slower for existing tenants. New tenancy rent inflation has slowed a lot this year

Earlier this week I got to chat with Gabriel from @lighthousereports.com about their amazing Suspicion Machines investigations. Here's a clip, but make sure to come along to our event on Tuesday 19th to see the full interview! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-access...

I see! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Write-up of an experiment using LLMs to (indirectly) classify text (in this case early day motions) www.mysociety.org/2025/08/12/u...

Can a meteorologist explain why Leeds seems to be the hottest place in the country today?! I am used to feeling smug while my southern colleagues are the ones sweating!

… though this use doesn't seem to be listed against #HMRC in the algorithmic transparency records for UK #PublicSector organisations. www.gov.uk/algorithmic-...

“UK tax agency using ✨ #AI to help target fraud and evasion.” betanews.com/2025/08/12/u...

So this is bad because part of the register is useful for is making some of the hidden networks more visible - and as the article says, sometimes that helps find the undeclared money connection

one week today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-access...

ICYMI we're putting on this great event on the 19th - we'd love to see you there!