Left Foot Forward
Dynamic economies need low-skilled migration
Migrant workers have been key to the recent success of intensive horticulture and food processing. Without them, many businesses in these sectors would have gone under. It is time the migration debate acknowledged the contribution made by low-skilled migrants.
Sinn Fein retain Mid Ulster on record low turnout
Sinn Fein has won the Mid Ulster by-election with a sharply reduced majority on a record low turnout, with almost half of the electorate not voting at all.
The Week in Washington: Obama and GOP talk budget, filibuster fails to block CIA director and more
Left Foot Forward's Larry Smith gives his weekly US politics round up.
Look Left – El Comandante, Payday lenders and immigration
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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People in Guildford don’t vote BNP
Yesterday Ed Miliband made another step in reframing Labour's position on immigration. With Ukip surging in the polls and likely to come first in next year's European elections, and the media already beginning their racist attacks on Bulgarians and Romanians, Labour has a choice. They can follow the Conservatives in drifting to the right in the hope of choking off Ukip support or they can offer a positive, more progressive alternative that deals with concerns over immigration but in a wider context.