Left Foot Forward
Another day, another Tory council planning to charge kids to play
Shamik Das reports on Tory-run Bexley council's plans to charge kids to use a playground - following on from Tory Wandsworth's plans to do the same last month.
Look Left – Serbian President vows to hunt down Mladic’s “protectors”
Serbia’s President Boris Tadic warned today that anyone found to have helped Ratko Mladic evade capture would be hunted down and prosecuted, reports Shamik Das.
New poll highlights Boris’s failures as Mayor of London
A poll of 1,000 Londoners reveals people are unhappy with the management of policing, housing and ticket pricing in the city on Mayor of London Boris Johnson's watch.
Hain: Help us build a modern, outward-facing progressive party
Labour's Peter Hain, chair of the Refounding Labour project, invites Left Foot Forward readers to help "rebuild a progressive political party fit for our time".
Euro-Tories gain a UKIP defector – but Helmer faces the chop
Ben Fox reports from Brussels on the defection of David Campbell Bannerman from the Tories to UKIP and the possible de-whipping of sexist climate denier Roger Helmer.
Rosemary Nelson’s murder is still “shrouded in controversy”
The chilling murder of Northern Irish human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson is still shrouded in controversy despite a recent report, writes Kevin Meagher