The Autonomy Institute

Independent research institute rethinking economies in an age of crisis. Consultancy: helping firms run and evaluate shorter working week trials.

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

Our new report – The Property Premium – is out today, with @jrf_uk 📄

Key finding: being a private landlord has been the best investment option available to individuals in England over the past decade.

Read the full report here:

https://t.co/rMgce6L4dV

[Dan Carden @DanCardenMP]

A growing body of evidence is making the case for action on rent affordability in the private rented sector.

Three important reports published in recent weeks deserve serious attention.

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[Neil Duncan-Jordan MP @NeilForPoole]

Giver and taker firms have donated £47m to political parties over 25 years.

💰 These same companies went on to score £60 BILLION in public contracts since 2015.

This is everything people hate about politics.

Ban firms from getting contracts with Governments they pay to elect.

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

MPs from different parties joined us today as part of our drop-in session for the amendment to the 'Representation of the People Bill' proposed by @NeilForPoole around 'breaking the link' between donors and contractors.

Party donors should not receive government contracts!

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

Forum 2029 returns WEDNESDAY with our attention on the UK's insurgent new right 🔎

We'll be joined by @ProfAFinlayson, @liandersson and Anki Deo 📢

Weds 3rd June, 18:30
Oxford House, Bethnal Green
Sign-up 👇

https://t.co/TR9K0Dzvk2

[James Meadway @meadwaj]

Public, searchable database of the Mandelson files, with some AI-assisted lead stories already flagged. Excellent speedy work by @Autonomy_Inst (link below!)

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

🧨 NEW: for anyone who is interested in the ongoing Mandelson issue, but doesn't want to wade through ~600 pages of text...

The Autonomy Institute has put a public database of the Mandelson Files.

You can search the full document dump, read plain-language summaries, and filter by keyword. We've used some agents to surface potential leads, with links to the relevant pieces of the data dump (so full warning that things need to be checked through the handy links to the source material). Free and open to everyone:

https://t.co/nYTjnCp16q

[Peludo @ThatPeludo]

Ya se puede ver el cuarto programa de la cuarta temporada de Conexiones.
@perezanalaura, @Nico_Marrero, @anibalpelu y @w_stronge hablan sobre los impactos de la tecnología en el trabajo y cómo afrontarlos.

https://t.co/AHvN1ECr6C

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

Forum 2029 will be back next week with our attention on the UK's insurgent new right 🔎

We'll be joined by @ProfAFinlayson, @liandersson and Anki Deo 📢

Weds 3rd June, 18:30
Oxford House, Bethnal Green
Sign-up 👇

https://t.co/TR9K0Dzvk2

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

We have a 'give-and-take' system at the heart of our politics.

MPs are now identifying it and calling it out for what it is.

Read more about it here:
https://t.co/kqqXpY4h7g

[Neil Duncan-Jordan MP @NeilForPoole]

I’m calling for a ban on companies that donate to political parties winning contracts from the governments they helped elect.

If you’re struggling to make the sums add up at the end of the month, you should know government contracts are awarded on merit - not cosy relationships.

[Will Stronge @w_stronge]

We at @Autonomy_Inst support this campaign which looks to involve cross-party MPs in making sure that our politics does not harbour a 'givers-and-takers' system that frankly stinks.

Of interest to @DaleVince who also thinks private donations should be in the past.

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

Forum 2029 returns next week with our attention on the UK's insurgent new right 🔎

We'll be joined by @ProfAFinlayson, @liandersson and Anki Deo 📢

Weds 3rd June, 18:30
Oxford House, Bethnal Green
Sign-up 👇

https://t.co/TR9K0Dzvk2

[Laurie Macfarlane @L__Macfarlane]

For all Tony Blair’s talk of being “radical” on the future, this essay feels remarkably familiar. Strip away the buzzwords and it boils down to: deregulate, liberalise, shrink the state, trust big tech to fix stuff, ignore the climate crisis, and align with whatever the US wants. It’s back to the future with AI sprinkled on top.

There’s little recognition of the forces driving public discontent — insecurity, inequality, hollowed-out communities, a broken public sphere. Many of these proposals would intensify those divides, not heal them. There’s some sensible stuff in it, but overall it’s a recipe for turbocharging public discontent, not addressing its root causes.

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

We've been in Brazil with @rosaluxstiftung, linking up with organisations taking on the radical right worldwide 🌏

Interlink – our new intelligence and convening project – will assist all those looking to understand and counter insurgent reactionary forces 👇

https://t.co/seRw2AsVrx

[The Autonomy Institute @Autonomy_Inst]

We need a new progressive policy agenda to deal with growing extreme temperatures in the UK 🌡️

Making the case for a maximum working temperature, additional worker protections and more 👇

https://t.co/oddMEXGGLi