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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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Britain’s 11 million renters are crying out for an end to the housing crisis

Tom Pashby
4 August, 2017

A recent book on the scandal that is our private rented sector raises some big questions after the Grenfell disaster.

The government are fighting tooth and nail to push single parents into poverty

Josiah Mortimer
4 August, 2017

After losing a High Court ruling in June, the government are now going to the very top – the Supreme Court – to defend a vindictive policy.

Finally, Labour’s left are standing up for freedom of movement

Josiah Mortimer
4 August, 2017

A new campaign is tackling the Labour leadership’s growing anti-immigration narrative.

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Public support for fracking just hit a record low

Josiah Mortimer
4 August, 2017

In 2013 more people backed than opposed the controversial energy source. But in the face of growing protests, public opinion has turned.

We’re close to defeating fracking in the UK – Lancashire is the industry’s last stand

Tim Young
3 August, 2017

Cuadrilla’s violent tactics against protesters show how desperate they’ve become in the face of growing public opposition.

8 offensive Prince Phillip quotes the press excuse as “gaffes”

3 August, 2017

At risk of being unpopular, it’s probably worth calling out some of the least statesmanlike comments our Head of State’s husband has made over 70 years.

Financial Times staff vote for industrial action over gender pay gap

3 August, 2017

Gender pay disputes will grow over the next year as new legislation forces large employers to reveal the average pay of their male and female staff.

CEO pay has dropped but they still earn 160 times more than the average worker

Oscar Webb
3 August, 2017

FTSE 100 chief execs saw their pay decrease 17 per cent this year but they still earn £4.5m on average.

Co-op communities: How we can take back control of the housing market

Josiah Mortimer
2 August, 2017

A community-owned housing scheme in London is leading the way in tackling the housing crisis

Paul Flynn MP: People should take cannabis in Parliament to show the ‘law is an ass’

Josiah Mortimer
2 August, 2017

Newport West MP tells Left Foot Forward that the ‘cavernous stupidity of our politicians’ is to blame for rise in drug deaths, as he launches bid to un-ban the bud.

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