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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

Could the Commons block a Brexit ‘no deal’ as John McDonnell suggested?

Simon Sapper
19 October, 2017

It all comes down to how much a divorce deal would cost.

Thousands of NHS workers are assaulted every year. It’s time we protected them

18 October, 2017

Chris Bryant is calling for tougher sentences on those who attack our emergency service workers. MPs have a chance to put that into practice on Friday.

Six ways the UK’s financial regulation system is a protection racket for the elite

Prem Sikka
18 October, 2017

Regulators and government keep covering for large corporations’ failures. After yet another stitch up, accounting expert Prem Sikka is calling it out.

BREAKING: Corbyn just scored a huge win on Universal Credit helpline charges

Josiah Mortimer
18 October, 2017

Scrapping charges for the botched benefits scheme’s helpline is a significant victory for campaigners.

Co-operatives can help us fix our broken economy. Labour is right to embrace them

Gus Carter
18 October, 2017

The Co-operative Party celebrated its 100th anniversary last weekend. Its ideas are more important than ever.

Here’s how automation will take up to 40 per cent of UK jobs in the near future

17 October, 2017

The speed at which AI and automation take jobs will ‘dramatically outstrip that of previous technological revolutions’, the new report warns.

Brexit poses an ‘extreme risk’ to Britain’s food security. Don’t ignore the warnings

Molly Scott Cato
17 October, 2017

As food security begins to decline across the world, Britain is entering dangerous territory in trying to leave the single market.

Brexit ‘no deal’ will hit poorest hardest as import prices soar, new report shows

17 October, 2017

Over 3m low-income families would be about £500 worse off as tariffs on EU goods are imposed and high street prices rise.

German unions are pushing for a 28 hour working week. We need to too

Tony Burke
17 October, 2017

They’re preparing for automation, which is likely to eliminate millions of manufacturing jobs in the future.

Did Chris Grayling just commit to remaining under ECJ rulings?

Ed Jacobs
16 October, 2017

The Transport Secretary said he thought Britain would remain in the European Aviation Safety Agency, which would mean being bound by ECJ rulings.

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