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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

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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Why the inclusion of climate and nature priorities in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a sign of progress

Natalie Bennett
12 October, 2021

‘The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill was slightly unusual in that it started its life in the House of Lords.’

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Kim Johnson MP: Starmer should apologise and promise he and his team will never again write for The S*n

Kim Johnson
12 October, 2021

‘When his S*n article was published after the conference, we felt doubly betrayed’

Northern Ireland protocol crisis worsens as row unfolds on Twitter

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 October, 2021

The clash between ministers over the NI protocol intensified over the weekend, with key negotiators thrashing out their differences on Twitter.

Covid

Report by MPs says government’s response to Covid was ‘one of the worst ever public health failures’

Basit Mahmood
12 October, 2021

The UK has one of the world’s highest death tolls from Covid, with more than 138,000 deaths

Priti Patel

Amnesty International warns of “unprecedented programme of rights reversal” by the government

Basit Mahmood
11 October, 2021

“Ordinary people have fought hard and often bitter battles to achieve these rights – and we mustn’t let them be struck out by politicians who think they are merely getting in their way.”

Boris Johnson Tory corruption

5 major crises facing the UK as Boris Johnson jets off to holiday in Spain

Basit Mahmood
11 October, 2021

Industry leaders have warned that factories face closure within days without government help.

Boris Johnson speaking at a desk

Boris Johnson slammed for jetting off to ‘£25,000-a-week Marbella hideaway’ during energy crisis

Basit Mahmood
11 October, 2021

“The timing couldn’t be worse. But it’s like he doesn’t even care. He’s got an 80-seat majority and he just thinks everything will be fine.”

EXCLUSIVE: Majority of people think police are not doing enough to tackle violence against women

Alexandra Warren
10 October, 2021

The polling comes after the Met has faced criticism for their attitude towards violence against women following the murder of Sarah Everard.

Protesters against antisemitism

EXCLUSIVE: Voters think police have problem with antisemitism, poll finds

Alexandra Warren
10 October, 2021

“Jewish confidence in the police is not helped by revelations of police officers affiliated to neo-Nazi groups or who participate in racist WhatsApp groups.”

Human rights groups slam Newcastle United takeover by Saudi investment fund as “tool for erasing human rights abuse”

Alexandra Warren
10 October, 2021

The Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test does not prohibit those complicit in acts of torture, slavery, human trafficking or war crimes. 

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