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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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Even a right-wing think tank fears Britain is slipping back to Victorian levels of inequality under the Tories

Basit Mahmood
11 December, 2023

‘The most disadvantaged in Britain are no better off than 15 years ago’

Gary Lineker
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Unions and celebrities launch campaign for a new, more caring refugee scheme

Hannah Davenport
11 December, 2023

Only one in four Tory voters think the government’s approach to the asylum system is working well

Children living in poverty
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We must make the moral and pragmatic case for ending child poverty

Mike Buckley
11 December, 2023

Child poverty doesn’t just mean having less opportunities and less access to goods and services growing up. Its effects are long term and in many cases last a lifetime.

NHS worker conditions
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Post-Brexit nurse shortage costs NHS £61m a year, new study finds            

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 December, 2023

‘Our research sends a clear message: political decisions impacting immigration and workers’ expectations about the future, like Brexit, can have far-reaching effects on sectors dependent on skilled foreign labour, such as the NHS and the wider healthcare sector.’

water pollution
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As under-investigation water company makes eye-watering dividend payout, Tory MPs vote down sewage sickness compensation scheme

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10 December, 2023

‘It’s shameful’ that the ‘Conservative government have once again put water companies’ profits before people’s health.’

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Liz Truss’ ‘US-style’ Bill targeting trans rights blasted a ‘knee-jerk reaction to a moral panic’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 December, 2023

A ‘blatant attempt to roll back hard-won rights for the trans community.’

Right-Wing Watch

Is the influence of the right-wing media greatly exaggerated?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 December, 2023

The right-wing press loves to talk up its own importance, but is its influence exaggerated? And can courting the wrong media sources prove politically damaging?

News

Young audience members perfectly sum up attitudes towards government’s immigration policies on Question Time  

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 December, 2023

‘We should welcome these people.’

An image showing bank notes and pound coins
News

Sainsbury lords have now become the biggest donors to Tories and Labour

Basit Mahmood
8 December, 2023

The Tories have more resources at their disposal, and Electoral Commission records show that they have raised five times more than Labour this summer.

Unite balloons being flown at a TUC march
Opinion

The government has stolen the right to strike from millions of workers

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8 December, 2023

The conscription of workers is an abuse of state power and the government is openly pursuing anti-worker policies.

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