A thousand workers participate in four-day working week trial …
3 days ago · A thousand employees in Britain are getting extra time off without a reduction in pay in part of the Four-Day Week Campaign. The trial launched on November 4 and will run until April. It follows a successful similar trial in 2022, which, after reports of …
Buds of change - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive …
Oct 11, 2024 · 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.
U.S. election: Why there is still much to do to ensure a Kamala …
Oct 8, 2024 · 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 …
About - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
About. Left Foot Forward was 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 ...
The key things to watch out for in the 76 days following the US ...
Nov 5, 2024 · Starting points. We must move away from focusing on election day to focusing on election season.; There is little doubt that we will see a wave of legal challenges. The Trump campaign for some time has been bringing legal challenges to voting processes, including most recently challenging the ability of overseas voters to vote, not because they think they can win, but to seed the ecosystem ...
Left Foot Forward’s 15 biggest interviews of 2023
Dec 30, 2023 · 4. Sharon Graham. One of the most prominent trade union leaders in 2023 was Sharon Graham – the general secretary of Unite. She has become known for leading a union which has won scores of massive victories for workers, including dozens of double digit pay rises in workplaces across the UK.
Two petitions reach threshold for formal government response
4 days ago · Two petitions on the official parliamentary petitions website have reached the threshold required to trigger a formal response from the government. Once a petition reaches 10,000 signatures on the website, the government is required to respond to it. If a petition reaches 100,000 signatures it is ...
Activists kick off week of climate protests with banner drop on ...
On the morning of September 13, a group of climate activists marked the start of a week of protests by dropping a giant banner reading “#EndFossilFuels – Fast, fair, forever” on Westminster Bridge.
Charities welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm barge but urge …
Jul 27, 2024 · Refugee campaign groups have welcomed the government’s closure of the controversial Bibby Stockholm Barge. Right to Remain hailed the decision not to renew the contract, which will expire in January 2025, as a “victory.”
'Young people deserve better': How the left responded to plans to ...
Nov 5, 2024 · The education secretary Bridget Philipson has announced that tuition fees are set to be increased in line with inflation. The increase will mark the first time undergraduate university fees have been raised since 2017. Speaking on the decision to increase fees, the education secretary Bridget ...