Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
6 days ago · Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy.
Over 60,000 people sign petition calling for Rachel Reeves to keep …
7 hours ago · More than 60,000 people have signed a petition calling for the £2 cap on bus fares in England to be maintained. The petition comes as the chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the scrapping of the cap on Wednesday in her …
Budget 2024: Here's how Rachel Reeves could re-build our …
4 hours ago · Adrian Ramsay is co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales and the MP for Waveney Valley. Listen to Labour ministers answering questions about next week’s Budget and there’s one consistent soundbite – “the £40 billion black hole left by the Conservatives”.
Here’s a full list of 150 battleground seats that could be key to a ...
Jun 18, 2024 · With the general election just over two weeks away on July 4 th, with manifestos launched and campaigning in full-swing, the Labour Party still maintains its 20-point lead in the polls.. Keir Starmer and his party continue to warn against complacency, even as the Tories continue to implode and polls predict a wipeout for Rishi Sunak and his party.
Government’s commitment to youth services welcomed by …
1 day ago · Youth support organisations have welcomed the government’s recent commitment to developing a new National Youth Strategy.. Speaking in the Commons recently, culture secretary Lisa Nandy condemned the £1 billion in cuts to youth services implemented by consecutive Conservative governments over the last 14 years, calling the reduction a “national shame.”
EXCLUSIVE: Left wing network to launch at Green Party Conference
Sep 6, 2024 · Green Party members are set to launch a new left-wing group within the party at its conference in Manchester this weekend. Branded ‘Greens Organise‘, the group intends to ‘build the left within the party, and the party within the left’, capitalising on left wing disenfranchisement with the Labour Party. At the time of publishing, more than 60 …
Paid care services need to be available and affordable for low …
Sep 15, 2024 · The number of people caring for loved ones without pay is expected to increase sharply over the next decade. If the rise in carers only matches population growth, by 2035 an additional 400,000 people in Britain will be providing care for the sick, elderly, and disabled for ten or more hours per week – an 11.3 percent increase from today’s figures.
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About. Left Foot Forward was founded in 2009 by Will Straw to provide hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left. Since then we’ve published thousands of pieces of analysis, exclusive stories, and op eds from activists, public figures and civil society. We’re here to shine a light on the right, to be a space for open ...
Charities welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm barge but urge …
Jul 27, 2024 · Refugee campaign groups have welcomed the government’s closure of the controversial Bibby Stockholm Barge. Right to Remain hailed the decision not to renew the contract, which will expire in January 2025, as a “victory.”
Left Foot Forward’s 15 biggest interviews of 2023
Dec 30, 2023 · 4. Sharon Graham. One of the most prominent trade union leaders in 2023 was Sharon Graham – the general secretary of Unite. She has become known for leading a union which has won scores of massive victories for workers, including dozens of double digit pay rises in workplaces across the UK.