Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate

Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
  • Home
  • Donate
  • Sign up
  • Right-Wing Watch
  • Reform Watch
  • Columnists
  • About
    • About LFF
    • Write for LFF
    • Advertise with LFF
    • Our complaints policy
    • Privacy
  1. Trending
  2. Labour
  3. Brexit
  4. Boris Johnson
  5. NHS

Thank you for supporting independent media

We’re so grateful for your donation and will make sure your money goes as far as possible

Spread the word about us:

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
By clicking 'Sign me up' you confirm that you have read and agree to our privacy policy.

From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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.

A photo of an NHS protest with the Left Foot Forward logo in the top right corner

LFF is closed over the Christmas holidays

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.

Left Foot Forward

Latest Posts

Kent Tories

Anger after Kent Tories ‘run a sweepstake on Universal Credit cuts’

Basit Mahmood
26 October, 2021

“It’s all just a big laugh to them. They have no idea what losing over £20 a week is doing to families in Kent and across England.”

Sewage vote

Jenny Jones: Sewage and the Conservatives’ lack of clear blue water

Jenny Jones
26 October, 2021

Daily maps of the sewage dumping, along with graphic pictures of murky coastal waters have illustrated the scale of it (400,000 incidents in the last year alone).

Rishi Sunak

‘We can afford to contribute more’: UK millionaires call on chancellor to introduce wealth tax

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 October, 2021

‘We are proud to pay our taxes to reduce inequality, support stronger social care and the NHS,’ UK wealth holders write in a letter to Sunak.

Voting Ballot Box

Tony Burke: Unite’s support for proportional representation is a ‘massive decision’

Tony Burke
25 October, 2021

In an open and honest debate on electoral system reform, Unite votes to end support for ‘First Past The Post’ electoral system.

Frances O'Grady calls for government to work with trade unions

Unions must have a role in government’s plans to ‘build back better’ says TUC

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 October, 2021

With Britain facing a cost-of-living crisis, Frances O’Grady is calling on the chancellor to work with unions and focus the Spending Review on improving pay and conditions.

A ‘landmark case for press freedom’: Julian Assange supporters stage protest march in London

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 October, 2021

Protestors gathered in central London over the weekend, demanding the release of the WikiLeaks’ founder.

A photo of campaigners holding Green Party placards

Green Party adopts antisemitism guidance including IHRA and Jerusalem Declaration definitions

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

The party has for the first time formally adopted guidance on antisemitism

Warnings made about newly formed group of climate change sceptics

‘Lukewarmer propaganda’: Climate change deniers’ ‘rebrand’ sparks concern

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 October, 2021

Claims that a prominent climate change denial group has rebranded as Net Zero Watch has incited concern and warnings over group’s objectives and dubious climate science messages.

Green Party members holding a banner

Green Party commits to £50 billion a year in international aid and climate finance

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

The decision from the Green Party comes in the run up to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, where finance from richer countries to lower-income countries will be a discussed by world leaders. 

Sian Berry

Sian Berry: I wish I’d been firmer on transphobia

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

In an exclusive interview with LFF, former Green Party co-leader Sian Berry says ‘I wish that much sooner I’d realised that a better strategy was to be firmer about our values’

  • ← Older posts
  • Newer posts →
By clicking 'Sign me up' you confirm that you have read and agree to our privacy policy.