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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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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Emma Burnell
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On Friday, our editor Josiah (not Joshua) Mortimer asked the government if it was a mistake to brand the people whose work is saving our lives as “low skilled”. He also asked about the low level of statutory sick pay.test

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Josiah Mortimer
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“There is no requirement to write COVID 19,” the leaked guidance appears to show.

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