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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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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Tory decarbonisation plans are based on fantasy. What’s Labour’s response?

Steve Melia
2 August, 2021

The Conservative’s proposal is based on aviation technology that’s not available yet and support for traffic reduction – but no concrete plan of action.

‘We’re not built to experience extreme heat’: Infrastructure won’t survive climate change

Alexandra Warren
1 August, 2021

A new report from the Met Office and climate experts confirmed that we are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the UK.

‘Exhausted, demoralised and dismayed’: NHS nurse speaks out against 3% pay rise

Alexandra Warren
31 July, 2021

Dave Carr said that the issue is not only about money, but also about the survival of the NHS.

The UK has not reached herd immunity, says Independent Sage scientist

Alexandra Warren
31 July, 2021

Professor Christina Pagel said the reduction is probably caused by a number of other factors.

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Why reforms to the Mental Health Act don’t go far enough in improving mental health outcomes for all

Beauty Dhlamini
30 July, 2021

‘While the reforms could be a tentative step in the right direction – so long as funding promises are upheld – updating the Mental Health Act alone is nowhere near enough to significantly improve mental health outcomes for all’.

Government condemned for ‘using taxpayers’ money to pay for opinion polling on Labour Party politicians’

Basit Mahmood
30 July, 2021

“This all makes me really uncomfortable. Ben Warner wants us to spend £110k of public money per month with the agency who were behind vote leave who have no mainstream polling experience.”

MPs urge action on “deep-rooted and persistent racial inequalities” in policing

Basit Mahmood
30 July, 2021

‘Our analysis suggests that, on the current rate of progress, we will not have properly representative police forces in England and Wales for another twenty years.’

How we can overcome Covid vaccine hesitancy among young people

Qais Hussain
29 July, 2021

‘I urge my generation to be more like me: have your sleeve rolled up, your arm ready to be jabbed.’ 

Nigel Farage’s attack on the RNLI backfires as charity sees donations surge by 2000% in a single day

Basit Mahmood
29 July, 2021

One user wrote: “Thank you Nigel Farage & Daily Mail for criticising the incredible work the @RNLI does to rescue migrants. Due to you highlighting their endeavours I’m now donating every month”.

Council becomes first in country to pass motion stamping out DSS discrimination

Basit Mahmood
29 July, 2021

Despite ‘no DSS’ policies being unlawful under the Equality Act, a meeting of the council heard that the practice was still widespread in the city

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