Austerity Britain continues. Foodbank use is up 5,000% – yet where are Labour?
At the beginning of the Tory/ Lib Dem coalition government in 2010, the amount of foodbank parcels handed out stood ...
Tag: inequality
EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Driscoll tells us how Newcastle is preparing to resist Labour and Reform in 2026
On 18 May, Newcastle held a people's assembly with former North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll. The Canary went along ...
Two sets of figures just dropped. Together they show an alarming reality about the UK
This year, the Sunday Times rich list came out on the same day as financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority ...
1.1 million kids are in ‘hygiene poverty’ – yet no one in government wants to act
Four children in every British classroom face the grim reality of hygiene poverty, with a staggering 21% of these children ...
DWP cuts will throw 670,000 families already in poverty into even further deprivation
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under Keir Starmer’s Labour government is preparing to strip financial support from 670,000 ...
Keir Starmer just gave the most appalling response to spiralling inequality
At Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday 7 May, Lib Dem MP Roz Savage challenged Labour Party PM Keir Starmer ...
Poverty and hunger costs the UK economy £75.6 billion a year, landmark report finds
The fact that people are facing hunger and hardship cost the UK economy, public finances and public services at least ...
Labour’s latest response to a vicious DWP policy is borderline sinister
Charities such as Save the Children UK and Citizens Advice have warned that child poverty will rise to the highest ...
Watch former Corbyn comms chief Schneider demolish ex Reform comms chief Towler on GB News
Former director of communications for Jeremy Corbyn James Schneider took former communications chief for Reform Gawain Towler to task over ...
As Starmer cuts overseas aid, remember countries like the UK already plunder billions more than they pay back
As the Keir Starmer-led government cuts the UK foreign aid budget (by more than the Tories, and to pay for ...
Two-child benefit cap forces mother into ‘buy now, pay later’ credit for food
A North East mother has passionately called on the government to scrap the controversial Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ...
Keir Starmer just exempted posh people’s cars from the EV mandate
The UK government has reviewed the rules for its petrol and diesel vehicle sale ban and decided that posh cars ...
The scandal of fuel poverty has just been mapped – and the results are shocking
An alarming new interactive map has revealed the extent of 'fuel poverty' in England, exposing a grim reality for many ...
No, disabled people did NOT just get a pay rise today
Browsing the corporate and social media, you'd be forgiven for thinking chronically ill, disabled, and non-working people were as sunny ...
Labour has already thrown an extra 30,000 children into poverty since July 2024
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has raised urgent concerns about the devastating effects of the Department for Work and ...
Billionaires now hold more wealth than 99% of ALL countries
Forbes has released its annual World Billionaires list and a record 3,028 people control an ungodly amount of wealth. That's ...
If Labour followed the SNP’s lead, 700,000 children would be lifted out of poverty
In a striking revelation from the London School of Economics (LSE), a newly published analysis highlights significant disparities in child ...
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