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On the left and right of British politics, there has been much speculation about Labour's position on Europe lately. So yesterday's comments by Alan Johnson at the party's conference in Brighton were a welcome reminder that Labour is firmly…
We now know which four candidates will be on the ballot paper to be Labour’s next leader. I am quite clear that Yvette Cooper is the best choice to take on the three critical tasks facing our party: building a broad platform for victory in…
Britain’s communities are facing three big challenges: a living standards crisis, a jobs crisis and a climate crisis. Improving Britain’s homes to make them more energy efficient is a significant part of the answer to all three but the…
In uniting Tony Blair and Len McCluskey today over his speech on party reform, Ed Miliband appears to have achieved impressive unity in difficult circumstances. The Labour Party wouldn’t have existed without the role of the trade unions and…
The Financial Times reports that a coalition row over energy policy has “burst back into the open” as Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Davey, announced yesterday that he would “defy the chancellor” and set a target for how much…
The national significance of local election results is usually viewed through the lens of how well Labour did in the South. This is, of course, absolutely right if the exam question is ‘Can Labour win an overall majority?’ But if the…
The pressure Britain is facing from a transforming global economy brings many tough challenges but also clear opportunities. By playing to its strengths in the financial sector, aerospace and pharmaceuticals and developing expertise in new…
By Will Straw / @wdjstraw Something went rotten in the state of Denmark. Not only is the Copenhagen farce a failure of collective action to address the greatest threat facing the planet, it also imperils the domestic action (much…
By Will Straw / @wdjstraw Left Foot Forward is a new blog for progessives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy developments. We are a non-partisan blog. Because we are progressive and because of the aims…
By Will Straw / @wdjstraw The Guardian today reports that the Government will use the Pre-Budget Report to outline a policy of"protecting activities and priorities," not budgets, in the effort to halve deficits over four years. It is a…
By Will Straw / @wdjstraw In his keynote speech at Demos, titled "Progressive reform in an age of austerity," George Osborne refused to embrace a policy of progressive taxation or set out what a progressive foreign policy under a…
By Will Straw / @wdjstraw Respected US diplomat and foreign policy expert, David Rothkopf, has described David Cameron as, "someone about whom the Obama administration ought to be very cautious." In an excoriating article published for…
