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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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LFF is closed over the Christmas holidays

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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Basit Mahmood
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The association had claimed that ‘97% of Brits believe that a fur ban should not be the government’s priority’.

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Wera Hobhouse MP
13 May, 2021

Home secretary Priti Patel has been accused of launching an ‘attack on democracy’ as she presses ahead with her plans.

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Josiah Mortimer
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Our roundup of the progressive news the media missed.

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Lloyd Russell Moyle MP
12 May, 2021

“The healthy life I enjoy every day is a testament to the grit and refusal to give up by HIV activists across the world.”

Jenny Jones: The Tories are planning an assault on democracy. The left needs to unite

Jenny Jones
12 May, 2021

Could a defence of demcoracy become the basis for a progressive alliance?

The lesson from England’s elections? Labour needs to split

Steve Melia
12 May, 2021

How many times must a disappointed party berate or replace their leader before they realise the leader is not the problem?

Unions outraged as Tories ‘row back on promise’ to boost workers’ rights

Josiah Mortimer
11 May, 2021

“We have been fobbed off repeatedly by Ministers.”

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Kill the Bill: Tories confirm plans to crack down on protest rights

Josiah Mortimer
11 May, 2021

Under the proposals – set out in the Queen’s Speech – police forces would be handed sweeping authority to place restrictions on protests and public assembly.

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UnionDues: Can we unionise the tech industry?

Simon Sapper
11 May, 2021

Inside the creation of a new tech workers’ union.

Compulsory voter ID: What the US can teach us about fraud, confidence and suppression

Alexandra Warren
10 May, 2021

An estimated 11 million UK citizens don’t own a passport or driving licence while alleged voter fraud rates are 0.000058%

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