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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Today

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

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Today

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Latest Posts

MPs: The government must not blow this chance to end homelessness in the UK

Josiah Mortimer
22 May, 2020

A new parliamentary report sets out the shocking state of housing precarity – and demands immediate action.

Why the Bank of England’s new bailout ‘conditions’ are nothing of the sort

Prem Sikka
22 May, 2020

Governments across the world are fudging it when it comes to the ‘strings attached’….

A doctor at their desk

EXCLUSIVE: Another data breach hits contact tracing scheme

Joe Lo Josiah Mortimer
21 May, 2020

It’s the second time this week outsourcing companies have made this mistake.

The poorest shouldn’t pay for coronavirus – banks should

David Hillman
21 May, 2020

A Robin Hood Tax could bring in nearly £5bn a year.

Committee accuses politicians of tweeting misinformation

Joe Lo
21 May, 2020

Remember ‘fact check UK’?

“Austerity kills people” – epidemiologist warns cuts could lead to second covid wave

Joe Lo
21 May, 2020

He’s said austerity killed 40,000 people a year.

Trade Bill threatens our NHS and crushes scrutiny, say campaigners

Josiah Mortimer
20 May, 2020

“The Bill leaves our NHS open to further privatisation by Donald Trump and his private healthcare cronies.”

150,000 sign petition demanding pay rise for NHS staff

Josiah Mortimer
20 May, 2020

LFF speaks to healthcare assistant Shane Longton (pictured holding the word ‘You’) – whose petition has caught the public mood.

Who cares for our carers? NHS staff are on the brink of a mental health crisis

Onkar Sahota
20 May, 2020

“The mental health impact of what NHS frontline workers are facing is like that faced by soldiers at times of war.”

Rural Britain needs a New Deal

Gill Cookson
20 May, 2020

Rural poverty has been ignored for too long – and it could get much worse without serious action now.

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