Will Straw
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http://www.labour.org.uk/people/detail/will-straw
Will Straw currently leads all research on energy and transport issues for the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Will grew up in London and East Lancashire, spending weekends with his family walking in the West Pennines and Ribble Valley and watching Blackburn Rovers.
He worked in the Treasury for the Labour government and went on to set up Left Foot Forward – One of Britain's leading policy and campaigning websites.
As a local campaigner in East Lancashire, Will has focused on issues around poverty, public services and regional investment. For example, he has volunteered and advocated for the Raft Foundation food bank in Rossendale and campaigned to give parents and teachers a choice about their future at Darwen Vale High School.
Will Straw is married to Claire and they have a baby son called Matthew.