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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 weeks 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 weeks 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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Unions slam David Cameron’s austerity defence at Covid-19 Inquiry

Hannah Davenport
20 June, 2023

‘The cuts he imposed massively damaged the readiness and resilience of our public services’

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Here are the 7 shameless Tory MPs who still backed lying Boris Johnson

Basit Mahmood
20 June, 2023

Shameless.

News

‘Cost of Greed’ protest targets energy companies in call for renationalisation

Hannah Davenport
20 June, 2023

‘These corporate executives need to know demands for nationalisation are growing’

Lia Nici
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Tory MP says she cannot see evidence where Boris Johnson misled Parliament, while holding evidence

Basit Mahmood
20 June, 2023

Tories don’t care about the truth.

Housing
News

The arguments against the infrastructure levy are inconsistent

Chris Worrall
19 June, 2023

Much of the causes for concern laid out by the thirty unsupportive organisations are fraught with conflict and inconsistent arguments

News

Church of England vicars demand pay rise to cope amid cost of living crisis

Basit Mahmood
19 June, 2023

Unite the Union, which represents over 2,000 clergy and lay officers in the Church of England, has submitted a claim for an increase in the annual stipend that clergy receive of 9.5%

Suella Braverman
News

Suella Braverman faces legal action over new anti-protest legislation

Basit Mahmood
19 June, 2023

‘The Home Secretary has side-lined Parliament to sneak in new legislation via the back door, despite not having the powers to do so.’

Boris Johnson
News

Boris Johnson gives Honours to climate science deniers and fossil fuel lobbyists

Basit Mahmood
19 June, 2023

The Tories don’t care about the climate

NHS

Protect our NHS: Petition urging government to end cuts attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 June, 2023

As NHS trusts continue to face funding cuts, and junior doctors strike over an ongoing dispute over pay, a petition calling on Rishi Sunak to end health service spending cuts is gathering momentum.

Peter Cruddas

Lord Cruddas makes incorrect claims about Boris Johnson being a ‘wining machine’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 June, 2023

Several gaping inaccuracies were noted.

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