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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

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A new cross-party group chaired by Caroline Lucas considers the limits of growth

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As new EU laws on tax avoidance, data protection and terrorism show

Government drops trade union bill proposal on check-off

19 April, 2016

Union leaders welcome change but remain deeply opposed to the bill

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19 April, 2016

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