Josiah Mortimer
Josiah Mortimer is the Editor of Left Foot Forward. Follow him on Twitter.
‘Authoritarian’: Democracy groups sound alarm over plans to shackle UK elections watchdog
Trust in Britain's party funding system is at rock bottom. Yet ministers plan to reduce the Electoral Commission's independence.
EXCLUSIVE: Polling reveals voters’ anger at penny-pinching pupil catch up funding
Ministers' total package works out at around £310 per pupil - compared with an equivalent total funding of £1,600 per pupil in the US, and £2,500 in the Netherlands.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, June 2021
Legal limbo, uni strikes, deportation victory, and banning fire-and-rehire: just some of what got spiked this week.
Exclusive: Tories failing to live up to G7 rhetoric on biodiversity, Labour warns
Ministers have no plan to restore and rewild habitats in Britain, Olivia Blake MP says.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, June 2021
Weetabix strikes, prison protests and trouble at the Queen's parks...Find out what got spiked this week.
Labour admits the party stands little chance in Chesham and Amersham by-election
Asked who Labour's candidate was, Starmer's spokesperson couldn't answer.