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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)

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Basit Mahmood
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It ‘would seem unwise for Tory MPs to draw any conclusion other than that their party is still in deep electoral trouble’

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‘The goal is to simply restructure water companies and change the way that they operate, not use public funds to replace them or subsidise the services they provide.’

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Basit Mahmood
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“It’s not Opposition questions, it’s prime minister’s questions.”

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New Towns are a phenomenally successful Labour economic success story. They created communities where 2.8 million people now live.

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‘PR has such levels of support for good reason’

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