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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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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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‘A Green wave is sweeping the country’: local elections see huge wins for the Green Party

Alexandra Warren
10 May, 2021

People know a better, Greener future is possible, says co-leader Jonathan Bartley

NHS doctor: BAME people ‘almost discriminated against’ by virtual healthcare

Samantha Wathen
10 May, 2021

Barriers such as missing phone numbers, lack of privacy and poor internet connection adversely affected medical care for some groups, says Dr Latifa Patel

Fresh calls for Starmer to form ‘progressive alliance’ as Tories sweep up Brexiteer vote 

Basit Mahmood
7 May, 2021

‘Labour can’t win it alone’, according to pressure group Compass.

The finance curse is holding back the UK economy

Prem Sikka
7 May, 2021

The finance industry is the only one that regularly needs to be bailed out by taxpayers

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How different parts of the left are reacting to the Hartlepool result

Basit Mahmood
7 May, 2021

The Tories have taken a seat that has been Labour since its creation in 1974 .

What’s at stake in the Tees Valley and West Midlands mayoral elections?

Basit Mahmood
6 May, 2021

The result of both races will be a test to Keir Starmer’s leadership

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Exclusive: Sadiq Khan vows to do ‘everything’ to oppose attempts to abolish the GLA

Basit Mahmood Josiah Mortimer
6 May, 2021

The mayor also hit out at Shaun Bailey for his “lies and smears” – and issued a plea to Green voters.

Interview: Green Party mayoral candidate Siân Berry’s final pitch for votes

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 May, 2021

As Londoners head to the polling station to elect the capital’s next mayor, Left Foot Forward’s Josiah Mortimer caught up with Green Party candidate for mayor of London, Siân Berry.

‘No more excuses’: Pressure grows for UK to follow Biden’s lead on waiving patent rules on Covid vaccines

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 May, 2021

Amid the devastating outbreak in India and fears that vaccine-resistant strains could undermine a global recovery, calls are being ramped up for UK to drop opposition to the intellectual property waiver on vaccines.

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 2021 election eve special

Josiah Mortimer
5 May, 2021

Our roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…

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