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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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Another embarrassing week for UKIP

Ruby Stockham
31 March, 2015

Yet another candidate resigns after bizarre Obama/Nazi comparison

IFS rubbishes David Cameron tax claim

James Bloodworth
31 March, 2015

The respected think tank calls the claim ‘unhelpful and of little value’

Big support for nationalising the railways, according to new poll

Ruby Stockham
31 March, 2015

As passenger groups around the country prepare for ’48 hours of action for public ownership’, a new poll has shown there is widespread public support for the UK’s railways to remain under public control

Daily Mail says BBC bodyguards for Clarkson threat are waste of money

Adam Barnett
30 March, 2015

But yesterday the paper ran a piece on ignored death threats to Jill Dando

Five reasons another Conservative government would be bad for business

Ruby Stockham
30 March, 2015

Repeated accusations that Labour are ‘anti-business’ wear thin after examining the Tories’ dubious track record with UK businesses

All parties must take resource security seriously

Julian Kirby
30 March, 2015

The threat to Closed Loop Recycling could end in social, economic and environmental tragedy

How London Underground is helping disabled customers

Nick Brown
30 March, 2015

The chief operating officer of London Underground responds to criticism of station overhauls

Scotland and Wales –a contrast in Labour’s fortunes

Ed Jacobs
30 March, 2015

While support for the SNP continues to increase, Labour are managing to claw back some of their support in Wales

Disabled education workers and students suffering under austerity

Ruby Stockham
30 March, 2015

TUC finds that over half of all disabled NASUWT members do not feel reasonable adjustments are made for them

Violent crime is up 27 per cent – Boris should be very concerned

Joanne McCartney
30 March, 2015

The London mayor refuses to acknowledge the effect his policies have had on crime rates

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