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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)

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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Sophia Dourou
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Tamasin Cave tells us how the Greensill scandal exposes the utter lack of oversight

How to tackle the rot in the lobbying system

Sophia Dourou
19 April, 2021

The lobbying rules in the UK are not fit for purpose — how can we fix them?

The UK’s digital skills divide is becoming a chasm. Here’s how to tackle it

Tony Burke
19 April, 2021

As employer demand for digital skills continues to grow, the report shows that digital skills training has is declining.

Young French people are increasingly likely to vote for Le Pen. Why? And what can be done?

Mike Buckley
16 April, 2021

Macron may make it over the line in 2022. But the long term trends in France are seriously concerning.

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Greensill is only the tip of the iceberg – and our watchdogs are toothless

Prem Sikka
16 April, 2021

Poor regulation is the result of a broken political culture.

The NHS shows the way in approaches to climate change

Laurie Laybourn-Langton Matthew Lawrence
16 April, 2021

The NHS is the model of how the state can democratise action on climate change.

New revelations but no front pages

Emma Burnell
16 April, 2021

The papers are preoccupied with the funeral arrangements for Prince Phillip. But Tory cronyism stories will run and run.

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Rachel Trafford
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Prince Phillip was not ‘The people’s refugee’ and it is disingenuous to make out he was.

Calls for Tory peer to quit after revelations he ‘victimised’ female worker

LFF Reporter
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The judge ruled that Rami Ranger ‘victimised’ and ‘discriminated against’ a woman who complained about harassment at his firm.

EXCL: “The police should be a service – not a force” – Lib Dems set out plans for capital

LFF Reporter
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Luisa Porritt backs effectively decriminalising cannabis in the capital, as well as restricting stop and search, LFF can report.

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