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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

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 (4 days ago)

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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Reform’s small business tsar accused of spreading ‘dangerous conspiracies’ on Covid vaccines and also shared anti-abortion post

Basit Mahmood
24 November, 2025

The Mirror reports that Kevin Byrne ‘who spoke alongside Nigel Farage at a party event earlier this month, called Covid vaccinations a crime on Facebook this year.

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Cross-party MPs ramp up calls for government to restore Electoral Commission’s independence

Olivia Barber
24 November, 2025

“Our democracy is not safe while the Electoral Commission is left so vulnerable.”

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What do progressives want to see in the Autumn Budget?

Olivia Barber
24 November, 2025

Ditch the fiscal rules, scrap the two-child limit, wealth tax now! Progressives want to see bold reforms in the Budget. Will Labour deliver?

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Achievements of the Labour government over the last week: From freezing rail fares to accelerating housebuilding

Basit Mahmood
24 November, 2025

Here are some of the Labour government’s achievements over the last week which you may have missed

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Unite’s Sharon Graham calls for Labour to implement a wealth tax ahead of the budget

Basit Mahmood
24 November, 2025

‘Everyday people cannot pay any more’

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Minister slams Nigel Farage over Reform’s “Russia problem”

Olivia Barber
24 November, 2025

“Nigel Farage will talk out of both sides of his mouth but he has been consistent about […] his support and admiration for Vladimir Putin.”

Woke-bashing of the week: For proof of the ‘go woke, go broke’ myth, just look at Sydney Sweeney’s box office record

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2025

Sydney Sweeney is treated as a symbol of the ‘unwokening.’

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Right-wing media watch: Where are the cries of “crisis and chaos”? The Telegraph sale falls through – again 

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2025

Surely, media scrutiny should be consistent, not weaponised selectively.

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Telegraph mocked for Brexit and tumble dryer story

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 November, 2025

“Well at least the Telegraph was warning us Brexit would be a terrible idea.”

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22 November, 2025

“People like me should pay more, it’s as simple as that.”

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