Left Foot Forward
After decades of following a failed economic model, we need to reshape the state
We have missed far too many opportunities to steer our economy in a positive direction. It's time for the left to address the role of the state today, says Prof. Prem Sikka.
70 years after the creation of the NHS, it’s time for a National Care Service
Launching a new Fabian Society report on the care sector, Labour's Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care says the current system is 'manifestly unfair'.
“Accidental Americans” must be protected from draconian US tax system
A British pensioner lived her entire life on the right side of the law, but is now being hunted by US tax officers because she was born in New York. MEP Alex Mayer writes.
London politicians join campaign to end no-fault evictions
Housing campaigners have long been calling for an end to Section 21. Now two London Assembly members are calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban it in the capital.
Why the national minimum wage needs to rise to £10 for all workers
A report published this week shows how a rise in the minimum wage would see 9 million workers better off. And that can only be good for the country, John Earls writes.
Here are some heartwarming stories about the NHS on its 70th birthday
People are rushing to social media to wish the National Health Service a happy birthday and share the many ways in which the NHS saved their lives and those of their loved ones.