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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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‘Aides ‘lost the plot’ when they heard of Truss’ plan to scrap cancer treatment on the NHS.’

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Mark Bergman
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‘Every demographic that shifts to Harris will be critically important, but one thing the polling is showing is that the gender gap is unprecedented’

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Basit Mahmood
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The far-right populist party has mainly focused on culture war issues, and just a few days before the General Election endorsed Reform UK.

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Basit Mahmood
27 August, 2024

The figures show the sheer scale of deterioration in NHS provision.

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Scotland and Wales have promised Free School Meals to all primary school children, why can’t England, campaigners ask?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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As calls grow for the government to implement the policy nationwide to help lift children out of poverty, Labour continues to face criticism for its controversial decision to maintain the two-child benefit cap.

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‘The Telegraph is having a bit of a laugh at our expense.’

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24 August, 2024

‘Spain’s wealth tax has been successful in funding public services adequately, which is what it’s about and nothing to do with being anti-rich.’

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24 August, 2024

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Brexiteers ridiculed for complaining about £6 EU entry fee

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24 August, 2024

‘The UK is not being picked on by the EU. The rule applies to all.’

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How trade unions have responded to news of energy price cap increase

Basit Mahmood
23 August, 2024

Heating and electricity bills will rise again this winter. That means energy companies will continue to rake in obscene profits, while working people struggle and pensioners shiver without their fuel allowance.”

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