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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

Basit Mahmood
Today

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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Latest Posts

Fair pay for the NHS
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Unions call for direct pay talks, urging government to ditch ‘outdated’ NHS pay review body

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 December, 2024

‘The government has the power to change this for us.’

Right-Wing Watch

Can Reform make a breakthrough in next year’s local elections?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 December, 2024

If financial backing were the sole measure of a party’s success, Reform would be home and dry.

Water coming out of a tap
News

Brexit blamed for threatening the safety of UK’s tap water

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
15 December, 2024

Another ‘Brexit problem.’

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell
News

Socialism tops capitalism in popularity among Britons, new poll shows

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 December, 2024

‘We won’t get socialism with a Murdoch right wing press.’

News

Tenants stage major protest in London over spiralling rents

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 December, 2024

‘We are sick and tired of seeing our city carved up by the rich and powerful.’

Far right riots

MPs urge government to appoint ‘community resilience tsar’ to counter toxic far-right politics

Olivia Barber
13 December, 2024

‘Our current political system enables inequality, fuels distrust, and leaves too many people feeling powerless.’

News

Labour LGBT+ group voices ‘deep concern’ over Wes Streeting’s ban on puberty blockers

Olivia Barber
13 December, 2024

Streeting has said the blockers present ‘an unacceptable safety risk for children and young people’

A photo of building site
Opinion

Building 1.5 million homes: ‘It can be done – if we’re bold enough’

Gavin Callaghan
13 December, 2024

Starmer ‘is willing to stand up against populist trends to deliver on the big, difficult issues, and there’s none bigger than housing’.

refugees
News

Home Office move-on period: Refugees and charities ‘relieved’, but extension must be permanent

Olivia Barber
13 December, 2024

Refugees faced move-on periods that were too short to do basic things like open a bank account and find housing. Will the new 56-day move-on period help?

A photo of a sandwich
News

Keir Starmer responds to Kemi Badenoch’s sandwiches are ‘not a real food’ comment

Olivia Barber
13 December, 2024

‘I won’t touch bread if it’s moist’

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