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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 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 (5 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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Latest Posts

News

Paul Nowak slams “rotten” government in passionate first TUC Congress speech

Hannah Davenport
11 September, 2023

“The real enemies of the working class don’t arrive in small boats, they fly in by private jet”

Voting Ballot Box
News

Voter ID rules in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds

Basit Mahmood
11 September, 2023

“Polling clerks are more likely to fail to compare a photo ID to the person presenting that document if the person is of a different ethnicity”.

EU flags
News

Brexiteers in meltdown after crowds wave EU flag at Last Night of the Proms

Basit Mahmood
11 September, 2023

‘Our flags represent hope’

Murray column

Douglas Murray’s ‘send illegal migrants to Islington’ column mocked

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 September, 2023

‘Right-wing weaponising immigration AGAIN’

school dinners

Campaign launched to stop Tories’ 41% school meal price hike in Derbyshire

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 September, 2023

‘We can send a powerful message to the Tory County Council so they stop and think about the impact their policy will have on families in Derbyshire.’

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News

Calls for Spanish-style ‘solidarity tax’ to come to UK, as majority of public want higher wealth tax

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 September, 2023

Potential options for taxing wealth – based on Spain’s model – could raise significant funds for the public purse.

Right-Wing Watch

The political and economic consequences of Liz Truss

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 September, 2023

12 months after her shambolic premiership commenced, we look at the lasting impact of our shortest-serving PM’s disastrous attempt to remould Britain into a low tax, deregulated economy.

Musician in Europe

Brexit batters incomes of over 80% of UK touring musicians, as calls mount for immediate government action

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 September, 2023

‘The extra costs for musicians touring in the EU are horrific. Brexit has decimated the UK music industry.’

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News

The public think everything has got worse under the Tories, a new poll has found

Chris Jarvis
8 September, 2023

This is absolutely damning

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at a rally
News

Londoners want Jeremy Corbyn to stand for Mayor, poll finds

Chris Jarvis
8 September, 2023

A plurality of Londoners think Corbyn should run

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