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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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Labour Party Rosette

What Labour needs to do to attract alienated working class voters

Sam Hill
19 October, 2021

What the Labour Party need is a sufficient narrative which bestows upon working people not only material benefits, but also something more- a degree of recognition

A person's hands running a Covid test

Government told it must reveal the names of companies who were in ‘VIP lane’ for Covid contracts

Basit Mahmood
19 October, 2021

The Information Commissioner has ordered the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to disclose the names of the 47 companies within 35 calendar days.

Wind turbines on the horizon

Switching to green power would save £20 trillion in global energy costs – report

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 October, 2021

A rapid swap from fossil fuels to renewable energy would save the world ‘hundreds of billions of dollars a year’, a ground-breaking report has found.

University College Oxford

Lecturers and university staff threaten to go on strike over pay

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 October, 2021

As part of the ramping up of a long-running dispute between the UCU and university employers, the union is threatening action for fairer pay and conditions for academic staff.

‘A step into a dark place’: Legal experts warn against Raab’s proposed human rights overhaul

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 October, 2021

The Justice Secretary’s plans to “correct” rulings by European Court of Human Rights have drawn criticism from legal experts and the opposition.

Black women twice as likely to have a stillbirth than white women, new report finds

Alexandra Warren
17 October, 2021

“This report paints a stark and deeply worrying picture of the impact of deprivation and inequality.”

A photo of a National Trust placard

Who exactly are Restore Trust, the ‘anti-woke’ campaign group targeting the National Trust?

Alexandra Warren
17 October, 2021

The group was formed following a report by The National Trust which highlighted connections between 93 of its historic places and colonialism and slavery.

Government should fund construction of 100,000 new green council homes every year, says LGA

Alexandra Warren
16 October, 2021

One in 10 households in need of housing are stuck on council waiting lists for over five years as a result of the chronic shortage of affordable homes.

50,000 sign petition urging government to fund maternity services as ‘midwife exodus’ looms

Alexandra Warren
16 October, 2021

“Morale among staff is low and has been worsened by the recent pay award in England.”

Sir David Amess: Tributes pour in from across the political spectrum for ‘hugely kind MP’

Basit Mahmood
15 October, 2021

Tributes have poured in from across the political spectrum for the ‘hugely kind’ and ‘irreplaceable MP’.

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