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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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Brexit

Majority of Britons say that the negatives of Brexit have outweighed the benefits

Basit Mahmood
29 August, 2024

It comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out his desire to reset relations with the EU

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News

Shocking new data shows the scale of workplace bullying towards LGBT+ staff

Chris Jarvis
28 August, 2024

Young LGBT+ workers report facing higher levels of discrimination at work

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Majority of Tory members believe merger with Reform would lead to election victory

Basit Mahmood
28 August, 2024

That so many party members think a merger with Nigel Farage’s Reform would lead to an election victory tells you all you need to know about what kind of future the Tory party is headed for.

RishI Sunak

Labour cancels Sunak’s ‘wasteful’ £40m VIP helicopter contract

Basit Mahmood
28 August, 2024

The decision to not renew the tender process for that contract has been taken to ensure that the government is getting value for money for taxpayers.”

Liz Truss

Liz Truss ‘considered scrapping all NHS cancer treatment after crashing economy’, new book claims

Basit Mahmood
28 August, 2024

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

Kamala Harris

Reflections on the Democratic National convention

Mark Bergman
27 August, 2024

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

Laurence Fox

Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party is bankrolled by a single individual, new accounts reveal

Basit Mahmood
27 August, 2024

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

Cancer treatment

Number of patients waiting ‘too long’ for cancer treatment triples over decade

Basit Mahmood
27 August, 2024

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

News

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

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 August, 2024

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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Telegraph criticised for misleading headline blaming Britain’s water pollution crisis on Labour

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 August, 2024

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

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