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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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UK banking regulation is still too weak: a response to Respublica

Carl Packman
11 February, 2014

Carl Packman examines Respublica’s new report on civic finance and the commercial potential of Community Development Finance Institutions.

Scots more positive about immigration than rest of UK

Ed Jacobs
11 February, 2014

Reducing immigration is of less concern across Scotland than it is elsewhere across the UK, according to new research.

‘All hail the rich’ – the reality behind tory tax claims

Karen Jennings
10 February, 2014

Right-wingers have been exalting the contribution of the UK’s richest 1 per cent to income tax revenue over recent months. However it’s worth looking at the detail behind these figures.

It’s increasingly clear that human activity is influencing weather extremes

Guy Shrubsole
10 February, 2014

Winter storms set climate alarm bells ringing, writes Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Guy Shrubsole.

Never mind the 50p top rate: these five cuts really are a false economy

Steven Donlon
10 February, 2014

Five self-defeating cuts which are not only unfair, but fail on the coalition’s own criteria of deficit-reduction.

Ed Miliband is right to challenge the entrenched power of Whitehall

Rick Muir
10 February, 2014

Having challenged the energy companies and Rupert Murdoch, Ed Miliband will now turn his attention to tackling concentrations of power within the state.

5 things the coalition did on climate change which it has suddenly shutup about

James Bloodworth
10 February, 2014

The following are five things the coalition has done which, in light of recent severe weather, it has been wise enough to shutup about.

Five million workers excluded from recovery, says Living Wage Commission

David Christie
10 February, 2014

Five million workers are set to be left out of the economic recovery, according to a new report published today. The report, Working for Poverty, was authored by the Living Wage Commission and states that the economic recovery will havetest

The other British economy: low productivity and no manufacturing strategy

Tony Burke
8 February, 2014

There was plenty of data out this week suggesting a bleaker economic picture than that painted by the government and the media.

This week’s most read: The tube strike, a student loan sell-off and flooding

7 February, 2014

The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.

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