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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
Disability rights activist wins judicial review against previous Tory ...
18 小时之前 · Tory reforms to the Work Capability Assessment would have cut almost half a million disabled people’s benefits by nearly £5,000 a year. The High Court has ruled that previous Conservative government acted unlawfully by trying to cut disability benefits for nearly half a million disabled people by ...
Over 60,000 people sign petition calling for Rachel Reeves to keep …
2024年10月28日 · 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 after rumours that the chancellor Rachel Reeves would not extend the cap on Wednesday in her …
Rejoiners unite in day of action to spread the rejoin message
2024年3月23日 · ‘Day for Rejoin 2024’ is aimed at uniting Rejoiners across the country and further afield to spread the rejoin message while highlighting the reality of Brexit and the damage it has had on Britain and Europe.
Petition to reapply for EU membership nears 50,000 signatures
2024年11月23日 · A petition urging the UK to reapply for European Union membership has gained tens of thousands of signatures.. The petition argues that rejoining the EU would benefit the UK’s economy, global influence, and collaboration on key issues, citing Brexit’s lack of tangible benefits and the changing public opinion.
Suella Braverman says Tories should team up with Reform and …
20 小时之前 · The former Tory home secretary has said the Tories and Reform UK should form a pact, just days after she refused to rule out defecting to Reform. Speaking from Washington following Donald Trump’s inauguration, Suella Braverman said there is no room for two conservative parties in British politics and that she likes Nigel Farage.
Rejoiners head to London for National Rejoin March 2024, amid ...
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).
Labour's drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term ...
2024年12月20日 · The government's honeymoon has been short lived. 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.
MPs urge government to appoint ‘community resilience tsar’ to …
2024年12月13日 · A cross-party group of MPs has called on the government to appoint a ‘community resilience tsar’ to tackle the rise of far-right ideologies following this summer’s riots.