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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 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 (5 days ago)

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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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Angela Rayner is calling on the Conservatives to issue an apology for magnifying misinformation during the Hartlepool by-election.

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Best for Britain relaunches armed with research showing Britons support effective international action that should act as a wake-up call for government.

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Tony Burke
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Raoul Walawalker
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Unsafe and unsupported: The People’s Covid Inquiry hears testimony from frontline workers

Samantha Wathen
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“This final wave that we’ve just overcome was really, really, tough. The staffing was the worst I think I’ve ever seen it,” one health worker said.

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Food waste matters and we don’t take it seriously enough

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