Left Foot Forward

Left Foot Forward

Left Foot Forward was established in 2009 by Will Straw with the aim of delivering impactful news and commentary, created by and for those on the left in the UK.

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  • 1 day ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

    The Muslim Council of Britain, the largest body representing British Muslims, has criticised Reform UK for using “hate to gain headlines” with its recent comments calling for a burqa ban. At PMQs on Wednesday, Sarah Pochin asked the prime minister whether he would ban the burqa “in the interests of public safety”. Pochin, who narrowly won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, faced criticism for asking a divisive question, instead of raising an issue that could help her constituents.

  • 1 day ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

    Despite polling third behind the SNP and Reform in recent weeks, Labour pulled off a shock upset by winning the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election yesterday. Davy Russell, the constituency’s newly elected Member of the Scottish Parliament, used his acceptance speech to send a strong message to Reform. He first said that local people had been let down by the SNP, before saying: “This community has also sent a message to Farage and his mob tonight.

  • 1 day ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

    Reform UK plunged into turmoil last night as chair Zia Yusuf and tech entrepreneur Nathaniel Fried, a member of its new Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), resigned over the party’s burqa ban policy. Meanwhile, pressure is piling on the party’s treasurer Nick Candy to deliver on his donation promises.

  • 2 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s register of interests is once more under scrutiny, with questions being raised about why his commercial fishing vessel has not been included. Anti-extremist campaign group Hope not Hate has highlighted how on 23 April, during an interview with GB News, Farage unexpectedly announced that he is “heavily invested” in fishing, as the owner of a commercial fishing vessel.

  • 2 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

    Liz Truss is not happy about the shadow chancellor disowning her disastrous mini-budget. Truss blamed Mel Stride’s criticisms of her infamous 2022 mini-budget, which included £45 billion of unfunded tax cuts, on him being “a creature of the system”. In a speech today, Stride said that “mistakes were made” in the shortest serving Conservative prime minister’s mini budget, and that “fiscal credibility and responsibility was absent”.

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