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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (3 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 (3 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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Labour should mobilise progressive majority to win future elections, new Compass report says

Olivia Barber
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The think tank has warned Labour should focus on building on the progressive majority, rather than courting centre-right voters

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Suella Braverman’s husband defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Basit Mahmood
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“I’m not defecting to ­Reform … This is the 21st century and not the 18th — my husband does not speak for me nor does he control my political affiliations.

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