Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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Momentum builds for UK to catch up with European neighbours …
WEB1 day ago · Labour is facing increasing pressure for the UK to align with its European neighbours and embrace a four-day working week. Recent polling found that nearly three-quarters of Labour voters would support the government introducing a four-day working week, without any loss of pay.
Doctors and dentists join calls for free school meals to improve ...
WEB2 days ago · 'Every day, we see the devastating impact of poor diet and food scarcity on the health of our children and young people. This cannot be right, and your government cannot stand by while it worsens.' Doctors and dentists are joining growing calls for the government to provide free school meals to all ...
Rejoiners head to London for National Rejoin March 2024, amid ...
WEB2 days ago · Today – September 28 – tens of thousands of people are gathering in London, calling for Britain to rejoin the EU. Pro-EU campaigners from across Britain, Europe, and further afield, will make their way from Park Lane to Parliament Square for the third annual National Rejoin March (NRM).
The importance of the House of Commons Petitions Committee
WEB3 days ago · Jamie Stone is the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and the chair of the House of Commons Petitions Committee. Almost exactly 25 years ago, Charles Kennedy and I stood waiting outside the front door of …
Interview with Joe Powell MP: How can we clamp down on dirty …
WEB4 days ago · Labour MP Joe Powell has long been a campaigner against corrupt wealth and dirty money flowing through the UK. Elected in July, the MP for Kensington and Bayswater, also founded the Kensington Against Dirty Money campaign that has pushed national and local governments to take action on inequality by reducing corrupt wealth in the borough, going after empty homes, and investing more in social ...
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 ...
Activists kick off week of climate protests with banner drop on ...
WEBOn the morning of September 13, a group of climate activists marked the start of a week of protests by dropping a giant banner reading “#EndFossilFuels – Fast, fair, forever” on Westminster Bridge. The week of protest is billed as a ‘global week of action for climate finance and a fossil ...
Left Foot Forward’s 15 biggest interviews of 2023
WEBDec 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.
Labour must talk about the day-to-day lack of control that so …
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Eloise Sacares is a researcher at the Fabian Society. There is a reason why Vote Leave’s slogan ‘take back control’ resonated during the EU referendum.