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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Today

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

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Today

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For a safe climate and affordable energy, we must stop Rosebank and all new oil and gas now. 

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Johnson is said to have grown disillusioned with life outside of Westminster.

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The RMT union has said Labour needs to go further and bring the rest of the railway into public ownership

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Basit Mahmood
18 February, 2025

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Senior Tories believe Badenoch could be out by the summer.

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Basit Mahmood
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The government says it has been able to deliver the extra two million appointments due to extra evening and weekend working.

A photo of Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party speaking at Prime Minister's Questions
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