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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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Pakistan needs to invest in building peace and democracy – not increase the power of the military

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Nick Crook
5 February, 2015

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Don’t let electoral changes rob you of your chance to vote

Tom Hayes
5 February, 2015

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Kellie Strom
4 February, 2015

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Luke Hildyard
4 February, 2015

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Labour’s tuition fees proposal is the worst of all worlds

Sally Hunt
4 February, 2015

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If Osborne’s new plans to meet fiscal targets were to be implemented, public spending would hit lowest level since 1948

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