Will Straw
Will Straw founded Left Foot Forward in 2009 and was its first Editor. Follow him on Twitter.
Politics Summary: Friday, December 4th
To receive this politics summary in your inbox every morning by 9am, sign up here. The FT reports that Alistair […]
Couples earning £16k each would lose out under Tory tax credit plan
Left Foot Forward revealed that there was a £350m blackhole in the Conservative's tax credit plan. Couples earning £16,000 would lose out to bring in the £400m
MoveOn breaks ranks with Obama over Afghanistan
One of Obama's biggest networks of supporters have come out against the new Afghanistan strategy. More than half MoveOn.org's members oppose the surge.
Politics Summary: Thursday, December 3rd
The papers mark a particularly political PMQs which the Independent described as “one of Gordon Brown’s most effective performances”. The […]
Hague: European allies are “no problem” on climate change
William Hague said last week that the climate change policies of his EU allies posed "no problem". New developments suggest that only half of them support him.
Spain, spin and the G20
At PMQs today, Gordon Brown answered a question about G20 countries and the recession by saying: “Spain is in the […]