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Keir Starmer says Iran conflict ‘not our war’ as he blasts Reform chief Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Today

‘Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for wanting to ‘dive in with both feet into the war without thinking through the consequences’.

Keir Starmer in Downing Street

Green Party sets sights on targeting trade union members disillusioned with Labour

Olivia Barber
Today

Zack Polanski is set to make keynote speeches at several trade union conferences

Zack Polanski speaking at Green Party conference

Reform’s Zia Yusuf in meltdown when asked about growing number of candidate scandals

Basit Mahmood
Today

The right-wing party has lost at least 67 candidates since May 2025,

Zia Yusuf

Latest Posts

With government set to slash air taxes, polling shows Brits want air travel costs to rise

Joe Lo
18 March, 2021

Increasing the costs of air travel is supported by all age groups, regions, classes, genders and political affiliations.

Sian Berry

Exclusive: Greens propose new powers for London’s teenage assembly

Joe Lo
18 March, 2021

“Young people have shown more political leadership than most politicians in recent years, they deserve a real say in their future.”

Prof Prem Sikka: New reforms won’t turn poodle auditors into the watchdogs we need

Prem Sikka
18 March, 2021

You can’t scrutinise a company properly if you’re trying to sell consultancy services to it at the same time.

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, March 2021

Josiah Mortimer
17 March, 2021

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

Men need to step up in the campaign to end violence against women

Nina Parker
17 March, 2021

Men are needed to act as catalysts and allies to end violence against women and girls, writes Nina de Ayala Parker.

A day late and a dollar short? Mixed union reaction to Uber’s ‘worker’ decision

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 March, 2021

What’s next after Uber’s decision to make its drivers employees?

hemp cbd

CBD crackdown: these Home Office plans will destroy UK hemp farming

Hannah Silver
17 March, 2021

The Tories are taking an already-illogical crackdown to the next level.

gig economy

The new kind of automation putting gig economy workers at risk of destitution

Andrew Kersley
16 March, 2021

Drivers report being ‘terminated’ through ‘no reply’ emails, and unable to challenge dismissals, in a worrying development for workers.

SNP accuse Tories of ‘dodging democracy’ as Ruth Davidson is lined up for a Cabinet role

LFF Reporter
16 March, 2021

“It seems that now Tories don’t even need to bother standing in an election.”

A statue of a coal miner

Cumbria’s new coal mine and the great jobs fallacy

Anne Chapman
16 March, 2021

A green transition could transform the region into an economic powerhouse.

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