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Petition to reapply for EU membership nears 50,000 signatures
Nov 23, 2024 · A petition urging the UK to reapply for European Union membership has gained tens of thousands of signatures. The petition argues that rejoining the EU would benefit the UK’s economy, global influence, and collaboration on key issues, citing Brexit’s lack of tangible benefits and the changing public opinion. It highlights advantages …
MPs warn SEND system is failing children
2 days ago · Children risk leaving school without the support they desperately need, MPs have warned, with the system for special educational needs (SEND) in England at crisis point. A new report from the Public Accounts Committee shows that since 2015, the number of children receiving SEND support in schools ...
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‘Research shows families on lower incomes are three times more likely to rely on buses compared to more affluent households. For many, buses aren’t a choice – they’re a necessity for getting to work, attending medical appointments, or simply participating in city life.’
March for Clean Water: Activists head to London demanding …
Nov 3, 2024 · In 2023, sewage was dumped in UK rivers over 596,666 times. That’s once every minute. From January to late March this year, Thames Water had pumped human waste into the Greater London area of the River Thames for a staggering 1,914 hours – equivalent to 79 days, as revealed by River Action. The same can be said about United Utilities in the North West. The water company, which serves seven ...
Rejoiners head to London for National Rejoin March 2024, amid ...
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 the third annual National Rejoin March (NRM). The NRM is a grassroots action campaign aimed at …
Buds of change - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive …
Oct 11, 2024 · After 13 years as Fabian general secretary, Andrew Harrop argues that Labour has the opportunity to transform our country This month, I step down as Fabian Society general secretary after 13 years. In that time, life in the UK has grown worse in many ways. There is more poverty and sickness, housing is harder to afford, and most public services are worse at meeting needs. Through Brexit, the ...
Labour should mobilise progressive majority to win future …
Dec 10, 2024 · Labour’s strategy of ‘not being the Tories’ may have delivered a large majority, but is “a timebomb”, according to a new report by think tank Compass. The report argues that Labour should mobilise the country’s latent progressive majority and win on a mandate for real change which makes future election victories more likely, rather …
The government must abandon Tory policies and give people hope
Aug 30, 2024 · The government is continuing with Tory policies which would deepen despair and push more people into the arms of right-wing extremists.
Support Left Foot Forward on our 15th anniversary
2024 is a special year for Left Foot Forward, for it marks 15 years since Left Foot Forward was founded. That’s 15 years of holding the right to account, 15 years of promoting progressive solutions to the big issues facing the UK, and 15 years of providing a cross-party platform for debate on the left. You can make sure that our trademark hard-hitting, campaigning journalism will …