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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (3 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 (3 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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“Breaking news: nobody likes Suella Braverman. Not even the bloody Tories”.

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The report warns that the reduction in funding has led to a significant decline in the number of students enrolling in arts education and a broader ‘marginalisation’ of the arts in state-funded schools.

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Whether you agree with their actions or not, the sentencing of the Just Stop Oil protesters signals an increasingly authoritarian approach to dissent that prioritises public order over the right to advocate for critical issues such as climate change.

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‘This is possibly the best example of why Tice and the fascist private Reform business should never be allowed anywhere near power.’

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Basit Mahmood
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Tony Mack, who was the Reform representative for the Clacton seat from last October until June, believes he is owed the costs of running his campaign before Farage kicked him out.

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Hannah Davenport
26 July, 2024

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Now new research has found that the ULEZ extension resulted in a “better than expected” reduction in toxic exhaust emissions from cars and vans.

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