The Tories are on their own on police cuts
A growing number of services say they are at ‘tipping point’ and will not be able to deliver a professional service if cuts continue.
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Covering up “embarrassing” membership numbers reveals a wider crisis in the Tory Party
The Conservatives may have as few as 70,000 members, putting them behind Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems and possibly even the Greens.
Left Foot Forward’s most read stories in 2017
From timeless Tory and DUP bigotry to breaking investigative exclusives — here’s what you were reading on our site last year.
Jonathan Bartley: My five lessons from 2017 – and what’s to come this year
Despite Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, there is always hope.
It’s been a tough year for the Greens – but our pro-EU and radical principles prevail
We’re the only pro-EU party that offers a transformation of British society – our message will only grow in 2018.
Raising the state pension age is regressive class politics – the Tories have no excuse for it
Forcing people to retire later is class politics dressed up as economic policy.
Our divided kingdom is failing unpaid carers. There is no excuse
The truth is we can afford to support unpaid carers if we want to – if the government embraced simple, effective policies like a wealth tax.
BREAKING: Detention and deportation of EU migrants ruled illegal by High Court
Thousands of EU nationals who have been detained or deported in the last two years could now sue the Home Office for compensation.
Tens of thousands working for free: Time to end unpaid trial shifts, says Scottish MP
Major retailers are using free labour to cover staff shortages, with no intention of offering paid employment afterwards – and the Prime Minister has no idea what is going on.
Right-to-buy has stoked the housing crisis – but the Tories want to roll it out further
400,000 houses sold under right-to-buy are now being rented privately and for double average council rents. The policy’s created a new class of buy-to-let landlords.