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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 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 (4 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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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
4 July, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Cost of living crisis

Low income growth leaves families ‘brutally exposed’ to cost of living crisis

Basit Mahmood
4 July, 2022

Real household disposable income growth for working-age families averaged just 0.7 per cent a year in the 15 years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Boris Johnson’s ratings among Conservative Party members continue to plunge, new poll finds

Basit Mahmood
4 July, 2022

Johnson is now the least popular member of the cabinet by quite some distance.

Coffey

Tory MP in car crash interview attempting to defend Boris Johnson

Basit Mahmood
4 July, 2022

‘I get that perhaps it’s easier to come on to these programmes and say I don’t know but surely you must ask to try and find out’

Johnson in Madrid

Boris Johnson criticised for increasing military spending during cost-of-living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 July, 2022

The announcement has sparked criticism and raised questions about where, during a cost of living crisis, Johnson’s priorities lie.

German trains

How Europe is protecting the poor from the cost-of-living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 July, 2022

In a drive to tackle soaring living costs, Germany has introduced a cap on travel expenses.

Johnson and Varadkar

Johnson may need to go before Northern Ireland protocol crisis can be resolved, says Ireland’s deputy PM

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 July, 2022

Leo Varadkar said he has “never seen relations as bad” between London and Dublin.

Steve Bray

Support for Steve Bray shows extent of opposition towards ‘Soviet-style’ policing bill

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 July, 2022

As police flex their new powers by targeting a peaceful protest outside parliament, resentment towards the government’s controversial legislation seems higher than ever.

Nick Humberstone

Fourth candidate for Green Party deputy leadership announced

Chris Jarvis
1 July, 2022

Nick Humberstone has entered the contest to replace Amelia Womack.

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Prem Sikka: Some of the wealthiest Brits are calling for socialist policies

Prem Sikka
1 July, 2022

‘They are part of a growing international movement, perhaps a new kind of Cadbury and Quaker capitalism with a social conscience’

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