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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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Voting Ballot Box

3 in 10 Londoners turned away for not having correct ID didn’t return to vote in General Election

Basit Mahmood
3 September, 2024

Greenwich and Enfield were the two boroughs with most voters not returning to the polling station after being turned away, with 151 and 127 respectively.

David Evans

Tributes paid to Labour general secretary David Evans for ‘turning Labour’s electoral fortunes around’ after he announces decision to step down

Basit Mahmood
3 September, 2024

‘It has been the privilege of my life to be general secretary for the Labour Party.’

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage ditches Reform UK’s ‘contract with the people’ just 2 months after election

Basit Mahmood
3 September, 2024

Reform’s party chair, Zia Yusuf, has announced a change in direction, saying that the contract with the people should now be considered “more as the philosophy of what the party wants to achieve rather than policy details.”

Nigel Farage

Reform UK looking to ‘learn from Germany’s AfD and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally’ on how to ‘boost vote’

Basit Mahmood
2 September, 2024

The party says its goal is to put Nigel Farage in Downing Street by 2029

Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle slams Elon Musk for failing to tackle threats aimed at MPs

Basit Mahmood
2 September, 2024

“The platforms have got to clean themselves up … X is not the platform that I knew.

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage has amassed a £3 million property empire following Brexit

Basit Mahmood
2 September, 2024

‘His beachfront properties are owned by his company Thorn In The Side Limited, which is worth £1.3m, but he has not declared himself the sole shareholder.’

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Boris Johnson’s ‘Orwell Britain’ column draws widespread mockery

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 September, 2024

‘I suggest you go back and re-read Orwell Boris…’

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Movement to remove Barclays from football gains momentum

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 September, 2024

‘Football is supposed to be based on values of fairness and equality – a bank enabling grave human rights abuses has no place in the beautiful game.’

News

Global arms companies poised for record profits as orders soar

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 August, 2024

As the global arms industry enjoys unprecedented financial gains fuelled by rising geopolitical tensions and increased military spending, ethical concerns and calls for accountability are also intensifying.

News

‘No Pride in Detention’: Campaign fights for LGBTQ+ refugees’ rights

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 August, 2024

‘Millions of people voted against the cruelty of the previous government and its mistreatment of those seeking sanctuary. Continuing with these plans is a missed opportunity for meaningful change.’

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