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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 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 (2 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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‘Youth services are not a luxury; they are essential to the development of healthy, thriving communities.’

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Once again, the Conservatives seem poised to serve up another political gift to Labour. If Labour manage to blow it, they’ll only have themselves to blame.

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Things are ‘moving in the right direction.’

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26 October, 2024

Islington, Lewisham, and Waltham Forest councils have all committed to divesting from arms trade-associated companies.

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The Chancellor must use the budget to abandon neoliberal policies

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Chancellors come and go but the crisis has deepened because they have all become slaves to neoliberal dogmas

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New Economics Foundation: Here’s what Rachel Reeves needs to do in the budget to fix our economy

Chaitanya Kumar
25 October, 2024

The chancellor has a unique opportunity to set the country on a course toward greater resilience, better living standards and ecological sustainability. Here’s what we hope she will address next week.

Palace of Westminster
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What are the differences between Westminster and Holyrood?

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They are apples and pears. They really cannot be compared because they are so innately different.

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Sales of Boris Johnson’s memoir slump by 62% in second week

Basit Mahmood
25 October, 2024

It was also reported earlier this month that Johnson’s book had been hit by delays and won’t be hitting the shelves in European capitals as quickly as he had hoped, due to Brexit.

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That claim led to Jenrick being mocked

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