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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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7 November, 2025

“Total abolition is far preferable to any tapering or any other kind of reform that would not abolish the two-child rule in its entirety.”

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Paul Nowak roasts Telegraph columnist’s claim the economy was ‘doing ok’ under the Tories on Question Time

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7 November, 2025

“Doing well for who? Would be the question that I would ask.”

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Basit Mahmood
6 November, 2025

The party won 57 of the 81 seats up for grabs in May but has now gone down to 48.

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“Instead of offering real solutions, Reform is promising to rig the tax system further for a small minority of the country.”

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Questions have also been raised about a conflict of interest, as Reform’s adult social care cabinet member owns a private care company

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Basit Mahmood
6 November, 2025

There is now growing pressure on the Labour government to lift the cap ahead of the budget later this month.

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Olivia Barber
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The verdict comes after a ten-year probe into Brussels-based networks linked to Farage’s UK Independence Party

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Dawn Butler
6 November, 2025

They were not, as she claims, “phrased poorly.” They were racist.

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Reform run councils set to raise taxes for nearly 5 million people despite promising cuts

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2025

In at least six of these councils, making up around 4.8 million people, bills could rise by the maximum of 5 per cent.

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Olivia Barber
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Labour MPs ridiculed Reform’s claim that Kent County Council would be “the best advert” for a Reform government

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