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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)

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As a British Palestinian I feel let down by the Labour Party

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27 May, 2021

‘It is extraordinary and incredibly telling that a supposedly internationalist party headed by a former human rights lawyer could have such a languid attitude to the oppressed.’

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There’s no place for centrism if Labour want to win

Liam Barrett
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Labour must return to its socialist principles to offer a transformative mandate to the nation.

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Jasmine Tribe
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Simon Sapper
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Mike Buckley: To beat Johnson Labour, and other opposition parties, should fight the whole war not the battles

Mike Buckley
25 May, 2021

Instead of outrage at each step of Johnson’s Brexit catastrophe, opponents must reveal and fight his whole strategy.

Independent Expert panel recommends six-week suspension for Tory MP Rob Roberts over sexual misconduct policy breach

Emma Burnell
25 May, 2021

Tory MP’s appeal against sexual harassment complaints is dismissed by independent expert panel.

Tony Burke: For equal treatment, workers need equal status

Tony Burke
25 May, 2021

A new Private Members Bill seeks to fill the gaps that the government’s lack of an Employment Bill has left behind.

East and South-East Asian Communities traumatised and outraged in wake of increased attacks

Emma Burnell
25 May, 2021

The ESEA community feels ignored by government and under-represented in the media.

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