Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
WEB6 days ago · Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy.
We are currently witnessing the re-privatisation of water
WEB3 hours ago · If despite predatory practices and huge extraction of returns, private companies are guaranteed to be rescued by the state, why should directors act responsibly? Privatisation can only be ended by the state, but governments in bed with corporate interests are delaying the inevitable. Legislation for ...
Public reveal what they really think of Reform UK and it’s not good ...
WEB2 hours ago · With Reform UK’s conference underway, the public were asked what terms they would use to best describe the party. The poll carried out by YouGov, found that the most popular term Britons prefer to use to describe Reform UK are ‘extremist’ (39%) and ‘should not be near power’ (39%), with ‘nasty’ (33%) being the next most popular.
Labour's current fiscal rules prevent the investment sorely needed …
WEB2 days ago · This week a group of eight senior economists echoed the unions’ warning, arguing that fiscal plans inherited by Labour will reduce investment spending as a share of GDP, repeat earlier mistakes, backfire and undermine growth. Last week Keir Starmer was the first prime minister to address the TUC ...
Manuela Perteghella MP: Labour needs to do better on social …
WEB7 hours ago · At this year’s Liberal Democrat conference, ‘constructive opposition’ was the phrase you would hear more than any other. In keynote speeches, fringe meetings and media interviews, MPs new and old repeatedly made clear that was the approach they wanted to take to the new Labour government.
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 ...
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
WEB3 days ago · Basit Mahmood. 5 September, 2024 (5 days ago) Anti-corruption group Transparency International has previously revealed that the UK government’s fast-tracking of suppliers recommended by officials and politicians may have led to “systematic and partisan bias” in the awarding of contracts for personal …
Latest opinion poll shows Reform are ahead of the Tories
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Support for the Tories continues to sit in the doldrums after their catastrophic election defeat earlier this summer. According to the latest opinion poll, support for the Tories is now lower than support for Nigel Farage’s Reform party.
Proportional representation overwhelmingly backed by local …
WEBSep 26, 2021 · Conference will vote on changing Labour party policy to back proportional representation on Monday.
Labour now more trusted than Tories on every major issue
WEBNov 17, 2023 · Public perceptions of the Tories seem to get worse and worse with each passing day. Today, a new poll has been published which shows that Labour are now more trusted than the Tories on every major issue.. Polling firm Redfield and Wilton has published its findings after asking which political party they trust more on some of the biggest issues facing the UK right now.