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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Our readership continues to grow but none of this would’ve been possible without readers and donors. We need your support now more than ever, with the rise of the right, as progressives we must continue to fight back against regressive policies and ideas.

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

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Nurses and midwives are leaving the health service in droves

Oscar Webb
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More nurses are leaving the profession than joining – for the first time in history, suggesting a major staffing crisis is on its way.

It’s time to say it: we need radical action on rent

Josiah Mortimer
3 July, 2017

We’ve had seven years of pay caps – why is no one talking about rent caps?

Giving Northern Irish women access to free abortions is progress. But huge barriers remain

Kate Flood
3 July, 2017

Last Thursday, Stella Creasy won a victory for Northern Irish women. But there’s a way to go before they get equality.

In the face of an enlivened opposition, the tide is turning against austerity

Josiah Mortimer
3 July, 2017

Until last week, it was barely on the agenda. But Labour’s move last week, forcing a vote on ending the public sector pay cap, has already changed the debate.

Introducing the new Left Foot Forward team

Josiah Mortimer
3 July, 2017

We’ve got a new team at Left Foot Forward, with Josiah Mortimer joining as Editor and Oscar Webb as Reporter.

George Osborne’s PR appointment at the University of Manchester encourages lazy economic thinking

Francesca Rhys-Williams Jack Hughes
30 June, 2017

The syllabus is failing, and the former chancellor won’t change that

The Conservatives’ Brexit plans mask an even more sinister domestic agenda

Aidan McQuade
30 June, 2017

Labour must stop pandering to the government on Brexit

Government announces climbdown on abortion to avoid Queen’s Speech rebellion

29 June, 2017

Northern Irish women will now have access to free abortion in England

MPs will vote on Northern Irish women’s abortion rights today – what’s Stella Creasy’s amendment all about?

Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
29 June, 2017

MPs are calling for NHS England and Wales to offer abortions to Northern Irish women

We can’t improve social mobility when working class children’s only inheritance is austerity

Kevin Gulliver
29 June, 2017

The government’s latest social mobility report fails to address core problems

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