
Basit Mahmood
Editor at Left Foot Forward
Labour Party Councillor for Challney Ward, Luton. Editor of @leftfootfwd. Passionate about tackling poverty and inequality and promoting social mobility.
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leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood
LFF is closed over the Easter holiday period and will return on 22nd April. On behalf of the entire LFF team, we wish you a restful and enjoyable Easter break,Best wishesBasit MahmoodEditor, Left Foot Forward Left Foot Forward doesn't have the backing of big business or billionaires. We rely on the kind and generous support of ordinary people like you.
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leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood
A former Tory minister has attacked Liz Truss as a ‘bitter, toxic nut’, following news that the former Tory leader wanted to set up her own ‘free speech’ social media platform. Speaking to Times Radio, Edwina Currie said that Truss was ‘mad’ and she hoped she stays in America and that no one on Times radio ‘bothers to listen to her’.
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leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood
Harvard university has rejected President Trump’s list of demands to make changes to its hiring, admissions and teaching practices, saying that the demands were an effort to regulate the university’s “intellectual conditions”. In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump accused Harvard of hiring “Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’. The Trump administration says that the changes are designed to fight antisemitism on campus.
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leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood
A majority of Britons would rather have a closer trading relationship with the EU than the US, a new poll has found. The poll, carried out by YouGov, found that 57% of Britons would rather have a closer trading relationship with the EU, compared to 16% who would rather have the US as a closer trading partner. It comes after President Trump caused turmoil on global markets through the imposition of tariffs, leading to sell-offs sparking trillions in losses across the world.
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leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood
The trade union Unite has warned that the bin strikes taking place in Birmingham, which have resulted in rubbish piling high in the streets as well as an influx of rats, could spread to other parts of the country. It comes as the dispute between refuse workers and the city council in Birmingham continues without a breakthrough, after the latest pay offer by the city council was “overwhelmingly” rejected by bin workers.
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