Buds of change - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive …
WEB21 hours ago · At first the party struggled to come to terms with defeat. Ed Miliband’s leadership saw lots of creative policy thinking. But it was undermined by internal conflict and his party never convinced when speaking to persuadable Tory voters. In the pain of the unexpectedly bad 2015 defeat, members placed heart …
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy.
The power of finance and capital is maintained by sacrificing the …
WEB1 day ago · Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. In the age of enlightenment the grand narratives of social progress are routinely paraded. However, they ...
Vote to stop right-wing takeover of National Trust – again
WEB2 days ago · Not deterred by three failed attempts, the opaquely funded Restore Trust is making its annual attempt to take over one of Britain’s best-loved institutions. Voting is now open for the National Trust’s (NT) Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held in Newcastle on Saturday, November 2 ...
Tory MP complains that the party have been given a ‘s**t choice’ …
WEB1 day ago · A Tory backbencher has launched a scathing attack on the final two leadership hopefuls, saying that they have been given a ‘s**t choice’ amid fears that it could end up splitting the party. Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are the final two candidates who have been put to the Tory party ...
Andy Burnham makes the case for devolving benefits system to a …
WEB4 days ago · The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has called for a radical overhaul of the benefits system, with greater devolution at a local level to help support those on welfare access support as well as help to get back into work.
Workers to get right to request four-day week under Labour’s …
WEBAug 30, 2024 · In reforms designed to shift the balance of power from companies to workers, a system of “compressed hours”, which lets an employee work their contracted week’s hours in four days rather than five, will be included in the package of …
About - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
WEBAbout. 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 ...
GPs vote overwhelmingly to take collective action over funding
WEBAug 1, 2024 · GPs have voted overwhelmingly to take collective action for the first time in 60 years over a dispute around funding. More than 8,500 GPs and GP contractors took part in a ballot held by the British Medical Association (BMA) with 98.3% voting in favour of taking industrial action.
From the Editor: Our plan for a bigger and better LFF in 2022
WEBJan 4, 2022 · To our readers and supporters, I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing break over the festive period and thank you as ever for your continued support of Left Foot Forward, for without you, our readers and supporters, we wouldn’t be able to carry out the vital journalism that is so badly needed during such challenging times.