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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (6 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 (6 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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Unite the union calls for public ownership of energy after British Gas’ record profits

Basit Mahmood
27 July, 2023

Centrica, British Gas’s owner, reported underlying operating profits of £2.1 billion for the first six months of the year, up from £1.3bn over the same period last year.

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Ed Miliband slams British Gas after obscene £969 million profit

Basit Mahmood
27 July, 2023

Centrica, British Gas’s owner, reported underlying operating profits of £2.1 billion for the first six months of the year, up from £1.3bn over the same period last year.

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Basit Mahmood
27 July, 2023

All a coincidence?

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Nigel Farage left furious after it’s pointed out he ran 7 times to become an MP and lost 7 times

Basit Mahmood
26 July, 2023

“I know you’ve run seven times and lost seven times …”

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Mick Lynch says workers have been threatened with disciplinary action over ‘save our ticket offices’ stickers

Basit Mahmood
26 July, 2023

‘Threatening staff who are fighting for their very futures and for the services they provide in this way is a quite disgraceful tactic’

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‘Desperate stuff’: Rishi Sunak condemned for claiming Labour and criminal gangs ‘on same side’

Basit Mahmood
26 July, 2023

“Desperate stuff from a desperate PM out of ideas.”

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Tory levelling up: London’s highest earners reaped the biggest pay raises, IFS says

Basit Mahmood
25 July, 2023

‘Top earners in London have pulled away whilst middle earners have seen little pay growth’

Barclays
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Christian Aid cuts ties with Barclays over its fossil fuels financing

Basit Mahmood
25 July, 2023

Christian Aid, which had an income of £78.4 million last year, said it was dropping the UK bank over its “weak commitment” to rolling back fossil fuel financing

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Tory peer claims global warming is ‘likely to be beneficial’ to the UK

Basit Mahmood
25 July, 2023

‘Lord Frost, made all the denialist tropes.’

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Tory candidate for London Mayor promoted climate science denial

Basit Mahmood
25 July, 2023

Last week it was also revealed that Hall has been a vocal supporter of Trump

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