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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
21 September, 2022

“The cost of not acting now is too great, as we stand on the precipice of a new emergency.”

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Liz Truss admits her tax cuts will benefit the rich more than the poor

Basit Mahmood
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She defended herself for taking ‘difficult decisions’

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Basit Mahmood
21 September, 2022

“The fact that Mordaunt ultimately lost out to the Mail’s favoured candidate Liz Truss, who has gone on to win election as Prime Minister, shows how powerful newspapers still are in politics.”

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11 trade unions launch legal challenge against government’s strike-breaking legislation

Basit Mahmood
20 September, 2022

“The right to strike is a fundamental British liberty. But the government is attacking it in broad daylight.”

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Basit Mahmood
20 September, 2022

‘Rosebank won’t do anything to lower our energy bills, or make our energy supply safer.’

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Another crushing blow for Brexit Britain: Liz Truss admits US trade deal out of reach

Basit Mahmood
20 September, 2022

“There aren’t currently any negotiations taking place with the US and I don’t have any expectation that those are going to start in the short to medium term.”

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Truss sacks Zac Goldsmith as environment minister, sparking animal welfare and climate action concerns

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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The move has raised further fears about the PM’s commitment to tackling climate change.

Fresh rail strikes threaten to throw Tory conference into chaos

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 September, 2022

The train strikes look set to disrupt people travelling to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

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The Tories’ energy package is a bailout for private sector profits

Prem Sikka
16 September, 2022

‘It is far better to end poverty and bring the energy sector into public ownership. We can’t afford privatisation.’

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First they lose their home, then they lose their community – the impact of out of area placements on homeless people

Signe Gosmann
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A new charity report sheds light on out of area placements

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