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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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