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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

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

Kellner: The public don’t like the Tories, but they’ve signed up to their economic argument

Daniel Elton
28 November, 2011

Daniel Elton covers the latest data from YouGov and finds that unpopular as they may be, the Tories rhetoric on the economy still rules the roost.

New video from the Fair Pay Network makes the case for a living wage

Alex Hern
28 November, 2011

The Fair Pay Network has launched a new video as part of its campaign to push for a living wage in the UK.

Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast at panic stations as Westminster enters crunch week

Ed Jacobs
28 November, 2011

Ed Jacobs runs through the press reaction in the devolved nations to the crunch week ahead for the British economy.

Public sector pensions no more gold-plated than those in private sector

Nigel Stanley
28 November, 2011

Nigel Stanley lays out the details on the difference between public and private sector pensions, and shows that like for like, they aren’t that different.

What is patriotism in Britain today?

Carl Packman
27 November, 2011

Carl Packman reviews Demos’s new report on what patriotism means in Britain today.

Tribune survives, but where now for progressive print media?

27 November, 2011

Nathaniel Mehr looks at what the future holds for progressive print media – are there inevitable hurdles which left wing journalism can’t leap?

Thatcher was every bit as bad as we remember

Kevin Meagher
26 November, 2011

Kevin Meagher argues that, regardless of how human the Iron Lady film makes her look, we should never forget the corrosive effect Margaret Thatcher had on Britain.

Look Left – Workers prepare to fight slasher Osborne

Shamik Das
25 November, 2011

George Osborne delivers his autumn statement on Tuesday against a backdrop of low growth, high unemployment and impending strikes, reports Shamik Das.

Lebanese politicians hurl glasses and chairs at each other on live TV

Alex Hern
25 November, 2011

Alex Hern presents a wonderful video from Lebanon.

Why the Conservatives are wrong about rights

25 November, 2011

Ram Mashru runs over the misrepresentation of the European Court of Human Rights by the Conservative Party.

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