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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (6 days ago)

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (6 days ago)

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Muslim women must not be driven off the net by trolls

Iram Ramzan
28 December, 2013

My message to these people, if you are reading this, is that you will never silence me.

Skilled jobs will not come through quick fix initiatives such as Enterprise Zones

Tony Burke
27 December, 2013

The resurrection of 1980s style Enterprise Zones is proving to be a new embarrassment for the government.

The 10 most read Left Foot Forward articles of 2013

26 December, 2013

The most read articles on Left Foot Forward in 2013.

Spare a thought for persecuted Christians this Christmas

Ed Jacobs
24 December, 2013

Let us all pause this Christmas to consider those who will not be able to freely express and follow their religion.

Growth is being driven by consumer credit and household debt, despite the need for exports and manufacturing

Tony Burke
23 December, 2013

The Tories have clearly not learned the lesson of the last two decades.

Don’t scaremonger – prepare communities for Romanian and Bulgarian migrants

Alex Glennie
23 December, 2013

The government’s focus on restricting benefits will do little to affect the scale of immigration.

BT apologises and promises to ‘revise’ description of sex education filters

James Bloodworth
20 December, 2013

BT has issued a statement to Left Foot Forward apologising for any ‘confusion’ caused after we broke the news earlier today that their parental internet filters were allowing parents to block information relating to “gay and lesbian lifestyle websites”.

BT allows parents to block children’s access to ‘gay and lesbian lifestyle’ websites

James Bloodworth
20 December, 2013

Internet provider BT has a parental control feature which allows parents to prevent their children visiting websites which promote “gay and lesbian lifestyles”.

Today’s news on payday lending is welcome, but enforcement matters as much as legislation

Carl Packman
20 December, 2013

The campaign to tackle the payday lending sector has been gifted another small victory today as the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills publishes a report calling for more focussed regulatory attention to the sector.

The government lacks a coherent strategy to tackle childhood obesity

Louie Woodall
20 December, 2013

More must be done to educate and assist parents on how to raise healthy children.

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