Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
网页2024年9月26日 · ‘The fight for climate justice and tax justice go hand in hand. Our broken global tax system is costing countries billions in public money and fuelling extreme wealth inequality, which in turn is accelerating climate breakdown and blocking action, leading to even more costly damages to the most vulnerable communities.’
Buds of change - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive …
网页1 天前 · At first the party struggled to come to terms with defeat. Ed Miliband’s leadership saw lots of creative policy thinking. But it was undermined by internal conflict and his party never convinced when speaking to persuadable Tory voters. In the pain of the unexpectedly bad 2015 defeat, members placed heart over head and elected Jeremy Corbyn.
‘Greenlaundering’: Banks hide fossil fuel funding through secretive ...
网页2 天之前 · Secretive financial practices are allowing banks to obscure the true extent of their fossil fuel investments, according to a new report from the Tax Justice Network. The study highlights the practice of “greenlaundering,” where banks use complex financial structures to disguise their ongoing support for fossil fuel industries.
U.S. election: Why there is still much to do to ensure a Kamala …
网页4 天之前 · 270toWin: National polls: Harris 49.5% – Trump 45.7%; Harris +3.8. Cook Political Report’s Swing State Project Survey (Amy Walter and Jessica Taylor) shows Harris leading (AZ +2, MI+3, NV +1, PA +1 and WI +2) or tied (NC) with Trump in all but one (GA -2) of the seven battleground states and with an overall lead of 49%-48% nationally (2 …
Nigel Farage backtracks on claim that Commons bosses told him …
网页4 天之前 · Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been forced to backtrack on his claim that Parliamentary officials had advised him not to have in-person constituency surgeries for security reasons. Speaking to LBC last month, Farage said that he had been advised not to hold the “old-style” physical meetings ...
Andy Burnham makes the case for devolving benefits system to a …
网页5 天之前 · The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has called for a radical overhaul of the benefits system, with greater devolution at a local level to help support those on welfare access support as well as help to get back into work.
Rejoiners head to London for National Rejoin March 2024, amid ...
网页Today – September 28 – tens of thousands of people are gathering in London, calling for Britain to rejoin the EU. Pro-EU campaigners from across Britain, Europe, and further afield, will make their way from Park Lane to Parliament Square for …
How the Green Party would get to net zero
网页2024年6月25日 · The Green Party is committed to a transition that prioritises community wealth over corporate profits. Our manifesto includes ensuring that those greens elected will push any government for: Wind to provide around 70% of the UK’s electricity by 2030. Delivery of 80GW of offshore wind, 53 GW of onshore wind, and 100 GW of solar by 2035.
About - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
网页About. Left Foot Forwardwas founded in 2009 by Will Straw to provide hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left. Since then we’ve published thousands of pieces of analysis, exclusive stories, and op eds from activists, public figures and civil society. We’re here to shine a light on the right, to be a space for open ...
From the Editor: Our plan for a bigger and better LFF in 2022
网页2022年1月4日 · To our readers and supporters, I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing break over the festive period and thank you as ever for your continued support of Left Foot Forward, for without you, our readers and supporters, we wouldn’t be able to carry out the vital journalism that is so badly needed during such challenging times.