"I’d urge the government to be open-minded to the benefits of a four-day week and empower councils to be innovative when it comes to workforce flexibility, freeing up cash that could be spent on services" – @mayaellismp.bsky.social on our latest 4DW report 👇 www.bigissue.com/news/employm...

My exclusive today in @bigissue.com

Important new analysis from the Autonomy team and Rob Calvert Jump here. The leading four-day week council (South Cambridgeshire) indicates exactly what kinds of savings a 4DW could bring if scaled up across the country: £1 billion.

🚨NEW REPORT: 'A four-day week for local government' Shorter working hours could save a typical council ~£500 per employee per year – and up to £1 billion per year across the UK if implemented nationally Exclusive in @bigissue.com 👇 www.bigissue.com/news/employm...

Tonight's CADA event in full swing.

Happening today! sign-up now to make sure you don't miss out 👇

Can't wait to host Eleanor S Armstrong & @rekapatriciagal.bsky.social for our next CADA Speaker Series event this coming Monday 13th April at Newspeak House in Bethnal Green 📆 We'll be discussing 'Outer space on whose terms?' 🚀 Sign-up 👇 actionnetwork.org/events/outer...

We're also hosting our next CADA Speaker Series event on Monday 13th April at Newspeak House in Bethnal Green 📆 We'll be joined by Eleanor S Armstrong & @rekapatriciagal.bsky.social to discuss 'Outer space on whose terms?' 🚀 Sign-up 👇 actionnetwork.org/events/outer...

Emergencies! We've got TWO live emergency podcast recordings, analysing the outcomes of the 2026 local & devolved elections. One will be in person in Bethnal Green, hosted by The Autonomy Institute (see below) May 13th. The other will be online May 15th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...

NEW EVENT – After the local and devolved elections: the debrief 🗳️ Live recording of the Culture, Power, Politics podcast with hosts @jemgilbert.bsky.social & Alan Finlayson 🚨 Weds 13th May, 18:30 (London) This will be busy – don't miss out on a space 👇 actionnetwork.org/events/forum...

Kicking off the latest Forum 2029 event with @autonomy-institute.bsky.social here in Bethnal Green.

This is happening this evening! No plans – but fancy hearing about how to transform public services for the better from some great speakers (with a glass of wine...)? We'll be at Oxford House in Bethnal Green from 18:30.

"a fightback against technological exploitation will be found not in the complete rejection of technology, but in the short-circuiting of one kind of technology and the development of another" Our researcher @liammullally.bsky.social writing in @disjunctionsmag.bsky.social.

Come through!

Our friends at Newspeak House – where we've been hosting this year's CADA speaker series – have opened applications for their Fellowship Programme 🎉 Want to spend a year building and experimenting with political technology? Find out more/apply 👇 newspeak.house/study-with-us

EVENT: How can we guarantee essentials to all in uncertain times? Join a great panel of speakers to discuss expanding the horizons of social provision (@meadwaj.bsky.social @francesnorthrop.bsky.social | @liammullally.bsky.social) This Weds at 18:30 Sign up 👇 actionnetwork.org/events/forum...

What can the Capability Approach teach us about AI and the future of work? 👉 Find out in my latest post for @autonomy-institute.bsky.social or read the full paper here: www.faje.edu.br/periodicos/i...

The Labour government needs to go beyond tinkering if it is to deliver real change Chris Hinchcliff MP speaking at our recent Forum 2029 event 📣

Is AI a threat to workers? This is how the debate is often framed – but it is also the wrong starting point. BLOG | Anastasia Siapka buff.ly/LBAdbkh

NEW SPEAKER: @meadwaj.bsky.social joins our panel 'Guaranteeing the essentials in volatile times' next Weds 1st April (London) SIgn-up for free: actionnetwork.org/events/forum...

Could a return to universalism help turn the electoral tables for the Labour Party? 📈 chrishinchliff.bsky.social at our recent Forum 2029 event 👇

NEW SPEAKER: Frances Northrop (@neweconomics.bsky.social) joins us for our next Forum 2029 event 📣 📅 Weds 1st April 18:30 📍 Oxford House, Bethnal Green Speakers incl. Ian Byrne MP & more Sign-up now👇 buff.ly/pii5pRx

"The Right to Food is not merely a moral imperative; it is a sound economic policy in our age of crisis." Chief Exec Will Stronge quoted in this @tribunemagazine.bsky.social piece 👇

EVENT TOMORROW 🚨 📢 Robert Dorschel on 'The Social Codes of Tech Workers' 📆 Thursday 19th March, 18:30 📍 Newspeak House, London Sign-up 👇 buff.ly/76ZvvR3

What do you think is Autonomy's most impactful piece of work? 📈 We'll give you a clue – it's not the #4DayWeek ... (thread)

To make hope convincing, progressives need to believe that they're capable of winning 🤝 Forum 2029 offers a deep dive into progressive political strategy and analysis – sign-up to our next event 👇 buff.ly/knnarU8

Could a National Energy Guarantee be the policy to help turn around the Labour government's polling difficulties? 📈 Forum 2029 offers a deep dive into progressive political strategy and analysis – sign-up to our next event 👇 buff.ly/knnarU8

Next Forum 2029: 'Guaranteeing the essentials in volatile times' 📅 Weds 1st April 18:30 📍 Oxford House, Bethnal Green Speakers incl. Ian Byrne MP (Labour) & more Sign-up now👇 buff.ly/UFB8LF1

EVENT 🚨 📢 Robert Dorschel on 'The Social Codes of Tech Workers' 📆 Thursday 19th March, 18:30 📍 Newspeak House, London Sign-up 👇 buff.ly/PlcG9pD

NEW REPORT & EVENTS | 'Programme 2029: Building the living standards platform that the UK needs' Thanks to everyone who came to our first Forum 2029 event of the year last night in Bethnal Green 👇

THIS WEEK – don't miss out: Forum 2029 returns with a new series of events 📅 Weds 4th March, 18:30 📍 Oxford House, Bethnal Green 🍻 The usual Autonomy hospitality Sign-up now (limited availability) 👇 buff.ly/YDByBgq

Our own Chiara Cocco's blog is published.

🗣️"Sky-high spending limits and weak donation rules have created a dash for cash that is spiralling out of control". Steve Goodrich in Novara on big money in our politics. It follows a great report from The Autonomy Institute on the rise in corp. donations in politics. Link in comments. More ⤵️

The full report from @autonomy-institute.bsky.social on the dramatic rise of corporate donations going to Labour here: autonomy.work/portfolio/la...

Forum 2029 returns with a new series of events NEXT WEEK 📅 Weds 4th March, 18:30 📍 Oxford House, Bethnal Green Full speaker line-up in the thread – sign-up now (limited availability) 👇 buff.ly/YDByBgq

How should we as progressives be responding to the challenges ahead? Our deputy chief executive Hannah Peaker will be speaking at the launch of this new event series - don't miss it! Sign up here👇

Business donations to the Labour Party surged by £13.58m (1707%) in the year preceding the 2024 General Election, compared to the same period before 2019, new Autonomy research finds 📈 Exclusive for @novaramedia.com 👇 buff.ly/7xStBS8

Two weeks to go until Forum 2029 returns – join us in London for the launch of the 2026 event series 🎉 📆 Weds 4th March, 18:30 📍 Oxford House, Bethnal Green 📢 Chris Hinchcliff MP (Labour) | Hannah Peaker (NEF) | Dora Meade (NEON) | Asad Rehman (Friends of the Earth) buff.ly/07kFwRo

TOMORROW 🚨 | Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires | | Fri 13th Feb, 18:30 | | Newspeak House, London |

Forum 2029 is back – join us in London for the launch of our new event series 🎉 📆 Weds 4th March, 18:30 📍 Oxford House, Bethnal Green 📢 @CHincchrishinchliff.bsky.social | Hannah Peaker | Dora Meade | Asad Rehman buff.ly/07kFwRo

Jacob Stringer on the challenges faced by tenants unions taking on landlords and capital 👇

How can we push back on rampant landlordism? 🏚️ You can catch up with panels from our recent symposium on Housing, Power and Property on the Autonomy Insitute YouTube channel 👇 buff.ly/ffPngYr

What is the Authoritarian Stack?

Autonomy research feeding in to help boost London's nightlife economy 👇 buff.ly/1YHaQj7

The surprising truth about green jobs 🌍️ Nic Beuret 👇

For the @edicaucus.bsky.social, Chiara Cocco reflects on what two years of research into menstrual health in research and innovation careers has revealed about workplace inclusion 👇 buff.ly/wQteDLT

Free online seminars this year feature Michael Hardt on multitudes, a 4-session dive into John Clarke's superb work of PROPER conjunctural analysis of modern Britain co-hosted with @autonomy-institute.bsky.social, the Politics of Feeling, Katja Diefenbach's Spinoza culturepowerpolitics.org/upcoming/

EVENT | @nsrnicek.bsky.social on Silicon Empires | | Fri 13th Feb, 18:30 | | Newspeak House, London |

"What does it mean to say that I pay a monthly rent to access part of my (extended) mind – as I do when I sign a two-year contract for a Google phone?... Should I have a say in how my extended mind is designed?..." ✒️ @wstronge.bsky.social buff.ly/i33mtvT

EVENT: Technology and Working Time Reduction: From History to Hope European Work-Time Network 🕐 | 4th Feb 2026, 13:00 | | Online | Anastasia Siapka | Philipp Frey