Letters to the Canary: pandemics, problematic politicians, and political posturing over social work students
The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people’s responses to...
First the Canary, now the CPAG sounds the alarm over Tax Credit claimants not getting Universal Credit
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has issued a warning about Tax Credits. It's over the Department for Work and...
Zarah Sultana accuses the Tories of being on a ‘mission of cruelty’ at RMT ticket office closure demo
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) descended on Downing Street on Thursday 31 August. It was...
Judge acquits two Palestine Action protesters who shut down a drone factory because their actions were ‘proportionate’
A judge has acquitted two Palestine Action activists after they blockade the entrance to a drone engine-making factory that supplies...
The scandal over government-owned flats in Islington poses the question ‘how many more are there?’
A block of Ministry of Justice (MoJ)-owned flats in Islington has been lying empty for years - all while desperate...
The reality for unpaid carers is laid bare in a new report – while most of the public say they need more money
The majority of people think unpaid carers need more money than they currently get. That's the verdict of a new...
With DSEI looming, it’s once again time to ‘stop the arms fair’ in its tracks
Campaigners are getting ready to resist Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), one of the world's largest arms fairs. DSEI:...
Further evidence emerges that the DWP’s plans for Universal Credit are utterly flawed
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is making some major changes to Universal Credit in the next few months....
People ask #WheresTom after a Tory minister no-shows a UN meeting on disabled people’s rights
The Tory government failed to attend a meeting of the United Nations (UN) regarding its treatment of chronically ill, deaf,...
Oxford NHS issues a flippant response on its ‘discriminatory’ use of language towards people with ME
An Oxford NHS trust has caused further outrage with its response to complaints about a job advert for a clinical...
Italy detains three boats – for the crime of saving hundreds of refugees’ lives
In the space of 48 hours, Italy's authorities detained three refugee rescue vessels which had just saved hundreds of lives....
People’s Assembly is calling on campaign groups to join it at the Tory conference this year
The People's Assembly has released further details of its protest at the Conservative Party conference - and it wants campaign...
Iraq is considering the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people – and you can thank the British for that
A law amendment in Iraq has proposed capital punishment for homosexual relationships. Campaigners have called it a "dangerous" escalation in...
Tories have backed out of a UN meeting on their breaches of human rights
The United Nations (UN) is once again investigating the UK government over its treatment of chronically ill and disabled people....
FTSE bosses just got a 16% pay rise while the rest of us choose between eating and heating
Think tank the High Pay Centre has found that the pay of Britain's top bosses grew by 16% in 2022...
Victorian-era diseases like rickets are on the rise again thanks to Tory-created poverty
Rickets - a disease associated with Victorian-era slums - is on the rise in Scotland, while other conditions linked to...
Nearly a quarter of Tax Credits claimants forced onto Universal Credit end up without any benefits at all
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released its first-ever set of figures regarding so-called "managed migration". This is...
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