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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)

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Israel-Palestine: Majority of voters want ceasefire, poll for LFF finds

LFF Reporter
10 November, 2023

Calls have been increasing for a ceasefire, with the United Nations’ secretary general calling for an immediate ceasefire to end “epic suffering” in the Gaza Strip.

Opinion

Sarah Olney MP: The UK apprenticeship system is failing our young people

Sarah Olney
9 November, 2023

‘The UK is currently facing a chronic skills gap and investing in apprenticeships will help in addressing the issue’

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Oil giant Shell sues Greenpeace for £1.7m damages over fossil fuel protest

Basit Mahmood
9 November, 2023

Greenpeace has made clear that it intends to contest the action and says that Shell is trying to silence them.

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EXCLUSIVE: Almost half of voters believe Rishi Sunak does not have integrity, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
9 November, 2023

Sunak promised to govern with ‘integrity and professionalism’

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Yvette Cooper eviscerates Suella Braverman for being ‘out of control’

Basit Mahmood
9 November, 2023

“Suella Braverman is out of control. Her article tonight is a highly irresponsible, dangerous attempt to undermine respect for police at a sensitive time, to rip up operational independence & to inflame community tensions.”

Rishi Sunak
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Tories branded ‘totally reckless’ as 2023 set to be hottest year on record

Chris Jarvis
8 November, 2023

The Tories have also been accused of running a “government of destruction”

Manchester trains
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EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities

Basit Mahmood
8 November, 2023

Privatisation has failed.

News

Shadow minister Imran Hussain quits Labour front bench over Gaza

LFF Reporter
8 November, 2023

“Over recent weeks, it has become clear that my view on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza differs substantially from the position you have adopted.

King Charles
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‘Government has turned its back on working people’: Trade unions react to King’s speech

Basit Mahmood
7 November, 2023

“gimmicks, division, and more of the same.”

Children living in poverty
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UK government is ‘violating international law’ over poverty levels, says UN official

Basit Mahmood
7 November, 2023

“The policies in place are not working or not protecting people in poverty, and much more needs to be done for these people to be protected.”

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