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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (6 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 (6 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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Prof Prem Sikka: British territories are the world’s biggest tax havens, the UK must act

Prem Sikka
12 March, 2021

The world’s three biggest tax havens are all British overseas territories.

Tory BBC boss axes satire show over criticism of the government

Joe Lo
12 March, 2021

The BBC Director-General is a former Tory council candidate.

Piers Morgan speaking with a microphone

5 petitions more popular than ‘bring back Piers Morgan’

Joe Lo
12 March, 2021

The right-wing media have hyped up pro-Piers petitions and ignored much more popular ones.

How campaigners turned the Bank of England green

Hannah Dewhirst
11 March, 2021

After a three-year campaign, the Bank agreed to shift billions away from fossil fuels.

Polls: Londoners think Starmer is doing a worse job than Johnson but will vote Labour anyway

Joe Lo
11 March, 2021

The poll suggest Labour’s base is unhappy but staying loyal.

No wonder Johnson and Gove haven’t spoken out about Meghan Markle’s media hounding – the culprits are too close to home

Raoul Walawalker
11 March, 2021

Johnson’s sister and Gove’s wife have been two ringleaders of the anti-Markle campaign.

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Natalie Bennett: Post-Brexit finance proposals are not getting the scrutiny they deserve

Natalie Bennett
11 March, 2021

We need a body that can make sense of finance and stick up for the public.

REVEALED: UK government downplayed risk of catching Covid at work

Josiah Mortimer
11 March, 2021

Workplace inspections actually fell rather than increased during the pandemic.

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2 March 2021

Josiah Mortimer
10 March, 2021

Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…

Jo Maugham QC: This dangerous new Conservative bill threatens the right to protest

Jolyon Maugham
10 March, 2021

This week the government announced its intention to legislate the right to protest out of meaningful existence.

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