Left Foot Forward
Legal challenge, what legal challenge?
The Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill which is being pushed by the Government - and is due for second reading next week - has been criticised by Dr Malcolm Jack, the Clerk of House of Commons - yet his comments come in strong contradiction to the findings of Professor Robert Hazell.
Coalition’s new mental health strategy should be supported
With very little fanfare, and very little follow up in the media, the coalition has announced how it plans to frame its strategy on an issue which affects one in four of us – not that we like to talk about it very much.
Boris must act on “lethal cocktail of job and safety cuts”
Ken Livingstone, London’s last mayor, exclusively told Left Foot Forward: “Millions of Londoners are experiencing chaos in getting to and from work today, yet the Mayor refuses to meet the two unions involved in this dispute, which arises in part from Boris Johnson breaking an election manifesto commitment to protect tube ticket office opening hours.”
Exclusive: David leads Ed 57:43 overall among Labour councillors
A new poll of 265 Labour councillors for today's Daily Politics will show David Miliband to be the favoured candidate over his brother by 57 per cent to 43 per cent, Left Foot Forward can reveal.
UUP seek to keep Sinn Fein away from the top job
The Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, Danny Kennedy has called for the rules by which the First Minister […]
Osborne, big money donors and his fight to block hedge fund regulation
None of these donations are illegal, but questions will be raised over why people with such vested interests are handing over huge sums of money, and in the having seen Conservative MEPs vote against a clamp down on tax dodgers and Mr Osborne's fight to block European regulation of hedge funds, one must ask: cui bono?