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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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Norman Tebbit calls Left ‘fascists’ then has pop at Dianne Abbot, Sadiq Khan and the LGBT movement

29 August, 2017

The Conservative life peer and former Thatcher minister said ‘real fascism comes from the Left’ in a pitiful article for the Telegraph yesterday.

Look Left: This week’s most read

Josiah Mortimer
25 August, 2017

From fast-food fights to federalism, and from dodgy finance to four-day weeks – our top stories on Left Foot Forward this week.

The Tories raked in £25m in big donations for June’s election…and still lost 13 seats

Josiah Mortimer
25 August, 2017

The Conservatives took more than double what Labour secured in donations for each percent of the vote they received.

The right are trying to win over young people and it’s hilarious

Josiah Mortimer
25 August, 2017

The Adam Smith Institute just published their ‘Millennial Manifesto’. Written by their 77-year-old President, it’s a work of art.

First Ministers: Tories must listen to Wales and Scotland on Brexit

Ed Jacobs
25 August, 2017

With Brexit negotiations ramping up, how much longer can the UK government ignore the nations of the UK?

Privatising a key part of the NHS is not in the taxpayers’ interest. It must be investigated

Charlotte England
24 August, 2017

The government has dodged questions about the privatisation of NHS Professionals for long enough, it’s time to launch an enquiry.

Tory MP criticised for ‘gypsy traveller’ comments

Charlotte England
24 August, 2017

Scottish Conservative Douglas Ross fuelled accusations of racism within the party.

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Labour are right to consider women-only carriages. Here’s why

Charlotte England
24 August, 2017

Whatever you think of the policy, it is clear we must do something drastic to stop sexual assaults on public transport.

Share this to tackle hate crime

Charlotte England
24 August, 2017

A new guide details what to do if you are the victim of an anti-Semitic or Islamophobic attack, or if you witness one.

A major lender to working-class people is on the rocks. Could a collapse trigger the next crash?

Molly Scott Cato
23 August, 2017

The instability at Provident Financial risks driving many into the arms of loan sharks.

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