'I’ve taken on powerful vested interests in the education sector – and even as they threw everything at me, I have never taken a backwards step. I will bring that same determination to every battle ahead of us.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Labour mayors have urged Keir Starmer to listen to MPs and rethink the cuts| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'I don't wish to fish in that particular pond anymore.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Manchester Mayor perfectly summed up his thoughts about the result live on air| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Right on cue, is the right-wing media’s annual witch-hunt over the Trust’s alleged ‘wokeness.’ The post Woke bashing of the week: the perennial panic returns as Restore Trust takes another swing at the National Trust appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
That Reform finds value in this kind of narrative tells us everything we need to know about where the party, and its chosen influencers, want to take the country. The post Right-wing media watch – Reform’s young TikTok adviser peddles dangerous misinformation in the Mail appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Only the Mirror gave the speech the front-page treatment it deserved. The post “Nailed it!”: Mirror praised for ‘Trump deranged’ front page appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The UK now faces dirtier rivers, more polluted air, and higher levels of pesticides in soil compared to many EU member states. The post Tens of thousands sign ‘One Earth. One Team’ petition appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
While speculation about a right-wing pact to ensure that the Tories or Reform can win power is rampant, there’s little mention of any sort of progressive pact to save us from such a fate. The post Left or right – who could unite first? appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“Our story is more powerful than the hatred we saw here last week. Our story places the blame with the billionaires, and we need to tell it loud and clear.” The post Huge crowd gathers for Make Them Pay rally in London appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations. The post If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'To demonise, particularly the Muslims, this is the sort of thing why we worry about Reform.' The post Billy Bragg mocks Nigel Farage’s hopes of being PM on BBC Question Time appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Prime Minister has called Trump’s comments ‘nonsense’. The post Keir Starmer says Donald Trump’s claim Sadiq Khan wants to bring in Sharia Law is ‘nonsense’ appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'Our job now is to talk to the country, not to ourselves, about how we’re going to change the things that they care about.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Steve Wright told Left Foot Forward that the government's record is 'not good'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Just like the legendary Mick Lynch, Dempsey bosses media interviews| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Paul W Fleming also criticised the government's decision to make cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Professor Pat Cullen is seeking nomination to run for Sinn Féin| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
In an interview with Left Foot Forward, Joanne Thomas praised Labour for taking action on it| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Winston Churchill-founded movement which campaigns to undo the damage of Brexit and see the UK return to its ‘rightful place in the heart of Europe,’ said the possible departure of the UK from the ECHR would be ‘utterly catastrophic.’| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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'One walk-on role as a sword-bearer and now she thinks she’s Henry V.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“Is it moral?”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
A number of leading businesses have come out in support of the deal, including Asda, Morrison’s, M and S, Ryanair, as well as the CBI and the British Chambers of Commerce.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“Why do you think one of your five MPs is saying he’s not sure if Nigel Farage has what it takes to be prime minister?”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Reform MP said the idea of “stopping the power of the sun and volcanoes” is “nonsense”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
"That doesn't make sense"| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“What we won’t have is people working regular hours who are given a zero hour contract and no security"| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The tech billionaire is having second thoughts about donating to Reform, stating it will be more complicated now he is leading Doge| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Candy, a billionaire property developer and former Tory donor, has become Reform’s new treasurer.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'My advice to Nigel Farage is that he might want to concentrate his efforts on the constituency in Clacton that elected him, as opposed to spending his time in the USA.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Farage previously said politics should be kept out of football| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Farage posted a video online speculating on the background of the alleged killer shortly after the knife attack took place last week.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Reform UK leader also defended campaigning with a man convicted of assaulting his girlfriend| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“It’s a culture shock to him.”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The widower of MP Jo Cox blasted Farage’s response as "vile”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The attack ad, which was launched yesterday, refers to comments Farage made on the ‘Strike It Big’ podcast last year.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Can the humble petition stop Trump’s visit?| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
‘He is not someone who should be receiving honours of any kind. The offer of a state visit should be rescinded.’| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'When the 3 wealthiest men in America sit behind Trump at his inauguration, everyone understands that the billionaire class now controls our government.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
It calls on Starmer to 'confront him directly and stand up for our values'.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“His bigotry and hatred has already landed in the UK, where foundations are withdrawing funds from projects helping disadvantaged communities and companies are backtracking on commitments to fight the climate crisis."| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Mel Stride fails to answer the question as his attack on Labour horribly backfires| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
"So you can’t justify the way you have been parachuted into Basildon and Billericay? You’re not deciding it’s a stitch-up and it’s anti-democratic?”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“I’m amazed you don’t know that debt is rising.”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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It backfired...| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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Just one in seven voters think Kemi Badenoch looks like a Prime Minister in waiting| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Does she have something to hide?| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
‘I won’t touch bread if it’s moist’| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Kemi Badenochs's first PMQs as Tory leader didn't go well.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Fox took to X, formerly Twitter, to put his exclusion from the mayoral contest down to ‘political corruption’ in posts which have since been deleted.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
‘It’s like the old sinking ship scenario.’| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The polls suggest it could be an unprecedented result| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
These are five of the most important constituencies in the general election| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Sarah Pochin has a history of switching political allegiances| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Former Olympic rower James Cracknell made the comments in a campaign video posted on Facebook, while still pleading with voters to vote for him in Colchester.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Labour currently has a 14 point lead over Corbyn| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“It does concern me that the supply side of the economy has slowed. It does concern me a lot.”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'When Brexiteers tried to create Singapore on the Thames, the Truss government instead delivered Argentina on the Channel'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The two former Labour MPs are set to launch a new party| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
If sign-ups counted for party membership, the new party would be the third largest in Britain, just behind Reform UK.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'The reality is and everybody knows it, a division in the anti-Conservative, anti-right-wing vote can only assist the parties of the right.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
"It's time for a new kind of political party. One that belongs to you."| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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Despite all the mockery, polling has suggested a new party led by Corbyn could command up to 15% of the vote.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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'We do now need to re-think Right to Buy'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Mayor condemned the Westminster system for hoarding power at the centre which ‘gives as little power away as possible’.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
‘Many thanks, Daily Express. You didn’t have to publicise our pro-EU poll encouraging Starmer to break his Brexit red lines for the sake of the economy… but you did anyway.’| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The Daily Express is shocked that the EU has decided to build better infrastructure only in countries which are members of the EU.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'The reality is they left open borders, and she was the cheerleader, they crashed the economy, mortgages went through the roof, the NHS was left on its knees and they hollowed out the armed forces.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“I’m going to have to let the leader of the opposition down gently. She didn’t feature in my thinking at all. I was so busy over the weekend I didn’t even see her proposal."| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“She complains about scripted answers, her script doesn’t allow her to listen to the answer!"| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Last week it was also revealed that Hall has been a vocal supporter of Trump| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Hall beat Mozammel Hossain in a ballot of Tory members, winning 57% of the vote.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Rob Blackie on rebuilding relationships between the police and community, and putting solar panels on London’s roofs| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Could Reform UK win an upset victory?| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
A by-election will be taking place to replace Mike Amesbury| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Labour are on track to come second| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Carney reportedly saw the Bank of England position as a stepping stone for his political ambitions in Canada when Trudeau stood down.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Mark Carney has achieved what seemed like an impossible feat just a few months ago| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
How many seats are the Greens looking to gain?| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Candidate contests and some areas to look out as the May local elections get closer| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'Industry also wants binding commitments — partly for greater certainty, partly because businesses are made up of people who themselves want to be properly treated'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Right-wing papers like the Sun have been busy praising the deal for paving the way for ‘cheaper booze and chocolate’.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
"‘Popular conservatism’ is an oxymoron”: Yet ANOTHER Tory faction forms| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“Heaven help us."| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Truss says if only Sunak had listened to her...| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Hall has previously liked tweets which praised Enoch Powell as well as Islamophobic tweets aimed at Sadiq Khan.| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
The former UKIP leader confirms he will not stand as an election candidate, avoiding another humiliating defeat| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
New analysis shows 'appalling' pay gap between disabled and non-disabled workers| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'Can we have a debate in government time on corruption in the operation of slush funds in this country'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
‘The UK government risks becoming a superpower in climate hypocrisy rather than climate leadership.’| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
"Imagine, for example, trying to become prime minister while espousing my ideas!"| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“You were brought down because in a matter of weeks you lost the confidence of the financial markets, the electorate and your own MPs"| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
“I thought you were giving all your time to Clacton now, as its newest MP?”| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'This is a government that does not tire of lecturing the rest of the world on democracy and human rights, and yet this is Bill creates two classes of citizens.'| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
'The UK was in a ‘structural hole, not a cyclical downturn’| Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate