A poll for the FT shows that the Tories are struggling to establish a lead in the north of England or Scotland among the unskilled working classes or among the under-25s. The paper writes that, “the findings suggest Mr Camerontest
Nick Clegg sets out four conditional “tests” for Liberal Democrat support of a minority government. They are not as progressive as they look at first sight.
Our guest writer is Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group (@jimkillock) Progressive politics stands for justice and understanding, and facing up to corporate special interests to defend the public good. Yet somehow those corporate special interests havetest
The IMF warning on cutting the deficit too soon, the MPs’ report into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, schools, prisons and banks.
The economy, mutualism, the Taleban, climate change, Swedish schools and James Purnell.
On the fifth anniversary of the fox hunting ban, the BBC reports that Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has written to the Tory leader urging him to rule out a repeal of the ban. The letter outlines how the ban hastest
The 2010 election is likely to be the most closely contested in recent memory. ‘X Marks the Box’ is a book to try to get other people excited about politics again.
George Osborne’s public sector co-op policy has been criticised. But the Left should cheer the policy if they want to put progressive ideals above partisanship.
The head of Sweden’s Ofsted has said that the reforms introduced in the country, reforms the Conservatives seek to emulate, have “not led to better results”.
Since October, Left Foot Forward has been asking our readers and contributers to submit their manifesto ideas. The full list of ideas can be read here but below we summarise the list. We now want you to vote on yourtest
