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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

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

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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Smear of the week – Telegraph claims Andy Burnham is doing more damage to Labour than Jeremy Corbyn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 July, 2025

The former MP offers no consideration that Burnham or Khan might actually hold principled positions and that the idea that resisting attacks on disabled people might be a moral imperative, rather than a political manoeuvre.

Right-wing media watch: Sun throws fit over academic research it doesn’t understand

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 July, 2025

One might even say the Sun makes a mockery of its own article by ending on such a sensible note.

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Scotland has had lower poverty rates than UK for two decades, analysis shows

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 July, 2025

“The biggest single factor is the level of social security available for families.”

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Happy birthday, NHS – But will it survive privatisation?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 July, 2025

As we celebrate its 78th year, our beloved NHS faces an ongoing threat: death by privatisation. The question is: Can Labour be trusted to protect what Nye Bevan built, or will it preside over its gradual dismantling? And what would happen if, God forbid, Farage and Reform got into power?

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Two-thirds of small businesses would now vote remain – new analysis finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 July, 2025

Many small businesses have struggled to adapt to new customs checks paperwork, and regulatory requirements, which have cost them time, money, and market competitiveness.

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Palestine Action lose court battle to temporarily block proscription as terrorist group

Chris Jarvis
4 July, 2025

Palestine Action will now be proscribed

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Jeremy Corbyn releases statement following Zarah Sultana’s resignation from Labour

Chris Jarvis
4 July, 2025

“Together, we can create something that is desperately missing from our broken political system: hope.”

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Cross-party group of MPs call for parliamentary vote on any military intervention in Iran

Chris Jarvis
4 July, 2025

They’re asking the government “not to undertake, support or facilitate any military action against Iranian territory or forces without debate and a vote”

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in the House of Commons
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Reform lose two council by-elections in seats they only won in May

Chris Jarvis
4 July, 2025

This was the first time Reform defended council seats in by-elections…

Zarah Sultana
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How the left has responded to Zarah Sultana’s announcement of a new party

Chris Jarvis
4 July, 2025

“Zarah is a phenomenal young woman”, said one MP. “Good riddance”, said another.

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