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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (2 weeks 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 (2 weeks ago)

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This proposed new law on sex work risks making the ‘hostile environment’ even worse

Rachel Trafford
16 December, 2020

The hostile environment and exploitative capitalism fuels state violence against migrant sex workers, writes Rachel Trafford.

Campaigners sceptical about watered-down Tory plans to tackle online harms

LFF Reporter
15 December, 2020

“Allowing these companies to come up with their own definition of harm represents an abdication of responsibility.”

Scottish Tory leader almost admits Boris Johnson is toxic in Scotland

Josiah Mortimer
15 December, 2020

The Scottish Conservatives are struggling to distance themselves from an unpopular PM…while keeping the cash from Tory HQ.

Divided, conquered: Why Labour must work with the Lib Dems to win

Grace Barnett
15 December, 2020

Labour needs more than a Big Tent to win in 2024 – it needs a whole campsite, a new report finds.

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UnionDues: US unions have just suffered a huge defeat. Could it happen here?

Simon Sapper
15 December, 2020

Simon Sapper looks at a new measure in California that has set the clock back for gig economy workers.

Jenny Jones: The spycops bill is looking more worrying by the day

Jenny Jones
15 December, 2020

When the police can break the law with little oversight, all campaigners should be concerned.

Labour First vs Momentum: Is disparity in fundraising efforts evidence the party’s left is feeling defeated?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 December, 2020

Are Corbyn supporters now reluctant to pump money into internal party fights?

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Daily Mail’s latest attacks on EU branded deeply irresponsible

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 December, 2020

The Daily Mail’s attempts to divert from the government’s Brexit failings by using xenophobic, anti-EU rhetoric, has created an angry backlash

Kenny MacAskill: How Scottish independence – not federalism – offers hope for England’s left

Kenny MacAskill MP
14 December, 2020

Independence will act as a catalyst for radical change for England, writes Kenny MacAskill MP.

Ignore the spin, the Hague’s ruling on British war crimes in Iraq is damning

Symon Hill
11 December, 2020

The ICC found “there is a reasonable basis to believe” British troops committed war crimes.

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