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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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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Kemi Badenoch slammed for citing ‘fantasy figure’ to claim families will be poorer under Labour

Olivia Barber
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Keir Starmer called her out for using what she claimed was the OBR’s figure in PMQs

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Telegraph deletes misleading article about Stop Funding Hate and agrees to pay legal costs

Olivia Barber
2 April, 2025

The Telegraph accused the campaign group of “amplifying” antisemitic content yet provided no evidence to back up the claim.

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Reform UK deputy Richard Tice slammed for saying mental health is ‘modern equivalent of back pain’

Basit Mahmood
2 April, 2025

Reform UK have once more shown how out of touch and lacking in compassion they are, after the party’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice compared mental health difficulties to ‘back pain’. He made the horrendous comments while appearing on LBC takingtest

Kemi Badenoch
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Kemi Badenoch repeats ‘absurd’ race swap conspiracy theory spread by Elon Musk

Olivia Barber
2 April, 2025

A post on X claiming the boy the Adolescence protagonist is based on was black, not white, went viral and was commented on by Musk.

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Tories brutally mocked over press conference backdrop

Basit Mahmood
2 April, 2025

The Tory party’s latest attempt to cut through to voters has failed, after it was brutally mocked over a press conference backdrop that looked like an ‘abandoned mattress’. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride had organised thetest

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New research illustrates how teachers’ pay lags considerably behind other professions

Chris Jarvis
1 April, 2025

The National Education Union say this research illustrates the need for its demands for significant pay improvements

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Tories set to make significant losses to Reform UK in local elections

Olivia Barber
1 April, 2025

‘Reform UK look like the main gainers as they could take control of eight councils to gain their first real power-base in local government.’

A photo of a protest against the bedroom tax
Opinion

The North is still suffering inequality as a result of 12 years of the Bedroom Tax

India Gerritsen
1 April, 2025

Ending the bedroom tax is one step towards tackling regional inequality—because where you live, and what you can afford, shouldn’t hamper your future

Opinion

The 91% fudge: How planning delays are being spun to hide a broken system

Chris Worrall
1 April, 2025

MHCLG’s latest figures say 91% of planning applications were decided on time in the last quarter of 2024. Housing columnist Chris Worrall explains why that figure hides the real story

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Olivia Barber
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Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins accepted two tickets to the Cheltenham races, while the Tories criticised Reeves for accepting concert tickets

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