Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
网页2024年9月14日 · Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy.
Andy Burnham pushes to extend Finnish-style homelessness …
网页6 小时之前 · Addressing a recent conference on homelessness and housing policy in Manchester, Andy Burnham outlined how the city-region will draw from Finland’s approach, which focuses on providing homes without conditions. Finland introduced its Housing First scheme in 2007 as a response to a severe housing ...
Manuela Perteghella MP: Labour needs to do better on social …
网页1 天前 · 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.
Tom Watson: Ed Davey smashed it
网页3 天之前 · Tom Watson served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019. To reach hundreds of thousands of new readers we need to grow our donor base substantially. That's why in 2024, we are seeking to generate 150 additional regular donors to support Left Foot Forward's work. We still need another 117 people to donate to hit the target.
Majority of voters want another vote on Brexit ‘within five years ...
网页3 天之前 · Among 11-24 year olds, which includes Gen Z, a total of 61 per cent would vote to rejoin. Only 28 per cent would vote to stay out. A majority of voters want another referendum on Brexit within five years, a new poll has found, once more showing the public’s dissatisfaction with the vote to leave ...
Notes from Lib Dem Conference 2024 part 2
网页4 天之前 · Long time Lib Dem activist David Grace looks at the fringe meetings at this year's conference. Fringe meetings are one of the great features of party conferences. They usually last an hour with two or three speakers followed by 20 to 30 minutes of audience participation. Chairs usually ask for questions but Liberals never confine themselves to ...
Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
网页4 天之前 · 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 …
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网页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 ...
Almost 9,000 people sign up to HOPE not Hate’s pledge to hold …
网页2024年8月6日 · Amid the far-right violence that has occurred in towns and cities across the UK, almost 9,000 people have signed up to the campaign of an anti-extremist group to promote hope in their communities.
GPs vote overwhelmingly to take collective action over funding
网页2024年8月1日 · 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.