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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025

Our readership continues to grow but none of this would’ve been possible without readers and donors. We need your support now more than ever, with the rise of the right, as progressives we must continue to fight back against regressive policies and ideas.

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LFF is closed over the Christmas holidays

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025

We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.

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Latest Posts

There’s no ‘free speech’ crisis in universities. The government are deflecting from the real issues

Amatey Doku
23 October, 2017

It’s no surprise that the Tory-led witch hunt over ‘censorship’ comes whilst our universities and students suffer a serious funding and access crisis.

Ban unpaid internships says 72 per cent of public ahead of Lords debate

23 October, 2017

And 80 per cent think the practice is nepotistic.

Thousands of parents will descend on Parliament tomorrow to demand emergency school funding

Jo Yurky
23 October, 2017

Schools have faced a £2.8bn real terms cut to budgets since 2008 and our educational institutions are close to breaking point.

The Spanish socialists must be held to account for blocking Catalan self-determination

Kate Shea Baird
23 October, 2017

In a cynical attempt to secure votes in the rest of Spain, the socialists have a long history of disrupting Catalan attempts at greater autonomy.

Natalie Bennett: With the right campaign, we can stop Brexit

Natalie Bennett
20 October, 2017

We have the chance to hold a second referendum and stay in the EU. But only if the campaign is led by the grassroots.

Scotland is doing what the Tories won’t – and paying carers the living wage for night shifts

Josiah Mortimer
20 October, 2017

Will the rest of the UK now implement a key tribunal ruling and follow suit?

EXCLUSIVE: People on Universal Credit are being refused prescriptions and dental care

Josiah Mortimer
20 October, 2017

GPs and dental practices can’t tell who is eligible for free treatment under Universal Credit – meaning some claimants are going without, Left Foot Forward can reveal.

Cornwall is the UK’s centre of inequality. Here’s what needs to be done

Jennifer Forbes
20 October, 2017

This weekend people across Cornwall are marching to highlight the county’s hidden cost of living crisis – and demand solutions.

HALF of schools face a real-terms funding cut this year

Oscar Webb
19 October, 2017

The Tories claim education budgets are being protected — new analysis suggests they’re lying through their teeth.

The Tories just showed their utter contempt for those hurt by Universal Credit

Oscar Webb
19 October, 2017

The government didn’t even try to defend their controversial welfare reforms, failing to take part in a vote last night.

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