Left Foot Forward
The week outside Westminster
Round-up of the week's news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Politics Summary: Friday, March 19th
More on the Lord Ashcroft scandal and William Hague's involvement with the £127 million tax avoider, nuclear submarines, Clegg, Darling, the BA strike and more.
The left-wing case for an English parliament
The left need to offer a collective, forward-looking, dynamic and all-inclusive vision of England and Englishness that the people of England can sign up to.
Politics Summary: Thursday, March 18th
The chairman of the Financial Services Authority has pronounced much City activity “economically useless”. According to the Times, “Lord Turner […]
Charlie Whelan: I won’t hide from Pickles’ trade union witch-hunt
In an exclusive interview with Left Foot Forward, Charlie Whelan has singled out Eric Pickles for undertaking a "witch-hunt" against trade unions.
Questions remain over Labour’s plans to axe Lords
How should reformers greet the government’s proposals, leaked to the Telegraph last week, to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an elected “Senate”?