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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025

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

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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Hannah Davenport
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Basit Mahmood
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“It was slavery… especially when she used to click her fingers, that’s slavery right there… I’ve got a name, use my name.”

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Shell lorry
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Basit Mahmood
7 February, 2023

Today BP announced that its annual profits more than doubled to £23bn in 2022, while last week oil and gas giant Shell announced eye-watering profits of £32.2bn, its highest in 115 years.

BP sign on a blue sky
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Basit Mahmood
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“Hard-pressed families will rightly feel furious – they are being treated like cash machines.”

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