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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (1 week 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 (1 week ago)

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I backed a People’s Vote, but Labour must accept the Brexit debate is over

Omar Salem
29 December, 2020

Labour needs to show it has moved on from the Brexit debate ahead of the vote on Johnson’s deal, writes Omar Salem.

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Christopher Evans: It’s time for Ministers to admit it: the coronavirus support schemes were deeply flawed

Christopher Evans MP
29 December, 2020

Millions have slipped through the gaps – billions have been squandered through fraud, writes Christopher Evans MP.

Mike Amesbury: 2020 has seen the best of solidarity – and the worst of unfettered capitalism

Mike Amesbury
28 December, 2020

As we look to rebuild a new, fairer society after the pandemic, we need to demand better.

Karen Buck: Inside the shambles that is Britain’s temporary accommodation system

Karen Buck
27 December, 2020

We need to talk about the state of emergency housing, writes Karen Buck MP.

Daniel Zeichner: Britain’s food system is broken – and the Tories can’t fix it

Daniel Zeichner
24 December, 2020

The market alone can’t solve food poverty.

Radical roundup: Five stories this year that deserved more attention

Emma Burnell
23 December, 2020

Launched this year, radical roundup shines a light on under-covered stories.

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Emma Burnell
23 December, 2020

We don’t just write the news. Sometimes we make it too.

A majority of the public think pandemic procurement was corrupt

Emma Burnell
23 December, 2020

Fifty Nine percent of those surveyed thought the way the government procured emergency equipment favoured their friends.

Couriers are essential workers and deserve essential rights

Alex Marshall
23 December, 2020

Couriers aren’t ‘heroes’ they’re workers – and they deserve the rights that come with that.

Five challenges facing the Green Party in 2021

Chris Jarvis
23 December, 2020

2021 presents a year of opportunities and challenges for the Green Party.

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