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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (3 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 (3 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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‘A dark day for press freedom’: Left reacts to Patel’s decision to extradite Julian Assange

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 June, 2022

Following the announcement by the Home Office, politicians, activists, and advocates of free speech, have been sharing dismay at the extradition decision and support for the WikiLeaks’ founder.

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The debate about Scotland’s future needs to go beyond independence vs the union

Alex Rowley
17 June, 2022

‘The way forward must be an open and civil debate that examines the issues and has all options for Scotland’s future on the table.’

XR

Tory crackdown on protests prompted by oil-funded think tank, investigation finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 June, 2022

Report shows that Policy Exchange, which called for the criminalisation of Extinction Rebellion and is funded by US fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil, influenced government clampdown on protest rights.

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It’s time for the UK to introduce a wealth tax

Prem Sikka
17 June, 2022

There are now a record 177 billionaires in the UK. A wealth tax is a necessary step for reducing inequalities and building a society that enables everyone to live a fulfilling life

Kill the Bill

Government is creating ‘hostile environment’ for protestors, say MPs and peers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 June, 2022

‘This latest raft of measures is likely to have a chilling effect on the right to protest in England and Wales.’

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Andy Burnham to introduce bus fare caps a year earlier to ease cost of living crisis

Chris Jarvis
16 June, 2022

From September 2022, people won’t pay more than £2 for a single journey across Greater Manchester

20,000 London bus workers could take industrial action over route cuts

Chris Jarvis
16 June, 2022

Transport for London is currently consulting on cuts to 4 per cent of London’s bus network

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Everyone who has resigned since partygate instead of Boris Johnson

Chris Jarvis
16 June, 2022

More than 10 senior political figures have resigned since allegations of parties at Downing Street first emerged

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Times journalist has meltdown on live TV over Rwanda deportations

Chris Jarvis
16 June, 2022

Quentin Letts declared “I give up!” and “forget about it” after being challenged on the government’s Rwanda deportation policy

Right wingers say the UK should leave the ECHR – but is that realistic?

John Lubbock
15 June, 2022

As the right wing advocates for leaving the European Court of Human Rights, is this more a reactionary fantasy than a potential reality?

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