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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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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Nigel Farage condemned over hints Reform would cut public sector pensions

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Farage also ruled out protecting the state pension triple lock

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Right-wing press in meltdown as post-Brexit payments to EU set to pass £50billion

Basit Mahmood
3 November, 2025

Maybe they should’ve printed the cost of exiting the EU on the side of the red bus too.

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3 November, 2025

“I think it’s interesting that he concentrated on but didn’t give any detail on how they would cut back on public finances.”

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3 November, 2025

The dangers of stamp duty are numerous and far reaching

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Chris Philp grilled over ‘opportunistic’ call for more stop and search

Olivia Barber
3 November, 2025

The shadow home secretary struggled to explain how stop and search would have been used in the train knife attack

Nigel Farage speaking at cryptocurrency event

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Basit Mahmood
3 November, 2025

That will mean more cuts to spending on public services and welfare, which will only serve to increase levels of poverty and inequality.

Smear of the week – Right-wing media takes aim at Catherine Connolly – ‘Dublin’s Corbyn’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 November, 2025

While the right may intend it as a slur, many would see the label ‘Dublin’s Corbyn’ as praise, a recognition of Catherine Connolly’s courage, compassion, and conviction.

Right-Wing Media Watch: The privately schooled voices shaping public opinion

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 November, 2025

Half of Britain’s commentariat attended private school.

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Right-wing press gloats over ‘Your Party chaos’, forgetting Reform UK’s endless fiascos

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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So much for Reform’s promise of “common-sense politics.”

Brexit
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Another global company to quit Britain for Europe because of Brexit

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The WTTC joins a growing list of businesses that have shifted operations from the UK to the EU since the 2016 referendum.

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