Left-wing news website Left Foot Forward has become the latest member of the political lobby – the body of journalists based in Parliament.

Editor Josiah Mortimer said receiving the pass meant the decade-old website had “properly entered the fray as a respected left-wing voice”.

The 24-year-old told Press Gazette it had been his “vision” to “push forward progressive and evidence based journalism both from within Parliament and outside it” since taking the helm in July last year.