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** December news
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** Modernising Parliament
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The House of Commons Modernisation Committee has made a call for submissions ([link removed]) to reform procedures, standards and working practices.

This was our prompt to not only submit a response, but to publish all our thinking about changes that would improve how Parliament works. We’ll be sharing these in a series of blog posts, the first of which can be found here:
* Modernising the House of Commons and stand-in MPs ([link removed])
* Using citizen assemblies to set standards and support for MPs ([link removed])


** If we had €1 million...
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...we’d make it much easier for everyone to understand democracy in this country. Alex writes about the funding we didn’t get, for an idea we still want to bring to fruition: WhoDoesWhat ([link removed]) .


** Want to present at TICTeC 2025?
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The TICTeC 2025 Call for Proposals is now open — and this year the conference is inviting presentations around the overarching theme of ‘pro-democracy technology’.

If you’d like to share your work with a global community of civic tech practitioners, researchers, funders and commentators in Mechelen Belgium this June, see what we’re looking for here ([link removed]) .
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Do you work for an organisation that supports marginalised people in the UK?

We’re currently offering a free support programme, guiding you through the use of FOI to support your campaign or advocacy work.

We have the capacity to help around ten organisations: if you’d like yours to be one of them, find out more here ([link removed]) .
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Planning on applying for our Head of Fundraising maternity cover role? Better get to it — the application deadline is 10pm on Sunday 15 December. All the details are here. ([link removed])


** From our supporters: why I donate
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** Keeping track of citizens’ assemblies
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We needed it, so we made it: a register of citizens’ assemblies held in the UK. If you think that might be useful for you too, read all about it here ([link removed]) .


** What we’re consuming
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* Full Fact are keeping track of every promise the government makes ([link removed]) , and whether they are keeping them.
* Rachel Coldicutt says, “Let’s make technology work for 8 billion people not 8 billionaires ([link removed]) ”.
* Not a single Whitehall department has registered the use of artificial intelligence systems since the government said it would become mandatory, reports the Guardian ([link removed]) .
* OK so this article ([link removed]) had us at the first line. The rest is a bonus.
* mySociety’s Zarino went on holiday — and took his love for complex spreadsheets with him ([link removed]) .
* Our parliamentarians may know several ways to disrupt proceedings; but here's one they haven't tried yet. ([link removed])


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