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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 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 (5 days ago)

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Joana Ramiro
30 August, 2018

SOAS cleaners have been brought in-house after a 12 year long battle. Joana Ramiro reports.

The time is now: Labour must support a People’s Vote and give millions a voice

30 August, 2018

With 3 out of 4 Labour members wanting a People’s Vote, Rosie McKenna argues the left of the party now has a unique chance to define the party’s position on Brexit.

Sally Hunt: We are bound to strike when heads get pay rises and staff get zilch

Sally Hunt
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Peter McLoughlin
29 August, 2018

This stalemate started with Brexit and will end in Brussels, says Queen’s University Belfast’s Dr Peter McLoughlin.

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We need to start taking social mobility seriously – the alternative is too grim to face

Justin Madders
28 August, 2018

Despite the government’s many promises, not much has been done to tackle the social inequality spreading in Britain. Justin Madders MP writes.

Natalie Bennett: The Universal Basic Income needs to be trialled across Britain ASAP

Natalie Bennett
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Scotland is now running trials on implementing a universal basic income. And the initiative should be rolled across Britain, Natalie Bennett writes.

This political analyst just examined 11 Brexit polls and the results are fascinating

Joana Ramiro
28 August, 2018

John Curtice has looked at surveys on the popularity of a second referendum. And while wording matters, support is definitely growing for a People’s Vote.

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