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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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Tories set to appoint more party donors and allies to the House of Lords

John Lubbock
29 June, 2022

The Tories are planning on awarding peerages to a number of loyal allies of Boris Johnson.

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Wales is trialling a £1,600 a month Universal Basic Income for care leavers

Basit Mahmood
29 June, 2022

‘We want all our young people to have the best possible chance in life and fulfil their full potential’

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Care staff begin strike over fire and rehire plans

Basit Mahmood
29 June, 2022

Agency workers recruited by the trust are being paid significantly more than full-time staff, says UNISON. In some cases, they are getting an additional £7 an hour.

Islamophobia Awareness Month

Over 3 years ago the government promised its own definition of Islamophobia. So where is it?

Basit Mahmood
28 June, 2022

For far too many, when it comes to the list of concerns about the current corrupt and incompetent government, Islamophobia and prejudice against Muslims isn’t considered to be anywhere near the top.

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Three Tory MPs ‘open talks to defect to Labour’

Basit Mahmood
28 June, 2022

Three male Tory MPs who won their seats in 2019 are in discussions to switch parties.

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‘Not legal’: Theresa May slams government’s plan to rip up Northern Ireland Brexit deal

Basit Mahmood
28 June, 2022

‘This bill is not, in my view, legal in international law, it will not achieve its aims’

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

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Times slammed for ‘shockingly misleading’ bar chart on Boris Johnson’s popularity

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

‘The world’s most misleading graph in Today’s Times’

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Barristers go on strike over legal aid fees

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

Junior barristers can earn as little as £88 a day in court for a bail application and are not paid for preparation work or travel, meaning they can end up earning less than the minimum wage.

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Boris Johnson hit with new wave of no confidence letters

Basit Mahmood
27 June, 2022

Boris Johnson’s announcement that he intended to run for a third term and govern into the mid 2030s, is said to have provoked Tory MPs

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