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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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News

A ‘car crash’ of different disasters has left UK with among the worst bathing conditions in Europe, campaigners warn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 April, 2024

Campaigners are attributing privatisation, extreme weather, and politics to collectively creating the water pollution crisis.  

Right-Wing Watch

What is the Heritage Foundation up to?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 April, 2024

By participating in their activities and by mimicking Heritage Foundation events, our own home grown NatCons are clearly hoping to bring to fruition the same thoroughly reactionary politics in Europe.

News

News that post-Brexit border checks to be delayed for fifth time sparks backlash

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 April, 2024

‘What a shambles!’

News

The Sun’s latest out of court settlement evokes anger and dismay

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 April, 2024

‘The cost to Rubert Murdoch of keeping the full, sordid details secret is staggering.’

News

Plans submitted to restore Manchester’s trans monument to counter anti-trans political and media rhetoric

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 April, 2024

‘We’ve observed a troubling surge in anti-trans rhetoric, with media coverage often sensationalised for ‘click-bait’ or as a political scapegoat, leading to consequences for the trans community.’

News

UK Amazon workers one step closer to historic union recognition 

Hannah Davenport
19 April, 2024

Big win for union as government body gives green light for workplace vote on union recognition

Liz Truss
News

Liz Truss broke Whitehall rules by publishing new book without agreement from Cabinet Office

Basit Mahmood
19 April, 2024

Officials were concerned that Truss’ book included details about advice the late Queen had given her.

John McDonnell speaking at a lectern outdoors
News

John McDonnell MP slams UK government’s record on sanctioning Israeli settlers in the West Bank

Hannah Davenport
19 April, 2024

‘What’s happening in the West Bank just as in Gaza are war crimes’

A demonstration led by a banner reading 'Save our NHS'
Opinion

NHS crisis: This is what’s caused it and how we can solve it

Prem Sikka
19 April, 2024

The healthcare crisis is a political choice, not an economic necessity

Rishi Sunak
News

Charities blast Rishi Sunak’s ‘dangerous’ and heartless clamp down on disability welfare

Hannah Davenport
19 April, 2024

‘Today’s news feels like an assault on disabled people’

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