Tag: Labour Party

On the eve of the controversial Spring Statement, the Times has reported that chancellor Rachel Reeves could be about to ...

Wes Streeting faced protests over both DWP PIP cuts and NHs privatisation at a Guardian Live event at Conway Hall

Wes Streeting and the Guardian just got the treatment they deserved at a live event

Health secretary Wes Streeting was at a Guardian Live event on Tuesday 25 March. Hosted by the liberal outlet's stenographer-in-chief, ...

DWP PIP changes are terrifying, disabled people tell the Canary

Terrified, humiliated: three PIP claimants tell the Canary of their fears over Labour’s DWP cuts

by Megan Miley

In a move that has sparked widespread uproar, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has announced a series of Department ...

There's a protest at the Treasury over Rachel Reeves' spring statement

There’s a protest at the Treasury TONIGHT over Rachel Reeves’ toxic Spring Statement

On the eve of Labour Party chancellor Rachel Reeves’ controversial Spring Statement, protesters will rally outside the Treasury to demand ...

Labour and Bridget Phillipson are reportedly planning cuts to the education budget

Labour’s proposed cuts to education will be the ‘worst in a generation’

by James Wright

24 March 2025

On the back of years of Tory austerity, the education sector is preparing for the "worst financial situation for a ...

DPAC protest are happening nationwide on 26 March over Labour's DWP cuts

Here are all the details of the nationwide DPAC protests happening on Wednesday

by Hannah Sharland

On Wednesday 26 March, protesters across the country are mobilising against the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ...

Crips Against Cuts mounted nationwide DWP protests – but they weren’t without incident

by Hannah Sharland

24 March 2025

Chronically ill and disabled activists and allies took to the streets on Saturday 22 March against the Labour Party's planned ...

Coeliac UK organised a petition over the withdrawal of NHS prescriptions

People living with coeliac disease are facing shocking cuts to their NHS prescriptions

A significant gathering has taken place in the heart of London, as Coeliac UK delivered a petition to the government ...

Rachel Reeves has slammed JRF findings about the state of household finances

Rachel Reeves just betrayed herself as the callous wretch she really is

Recent research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) highlights a troubling outlook for the living standards of the UK's poorest ...

Trade unions have now got involve din the ongoing DWP pensions scandal for the WASPI women

DWP under pressure as trade unions weigh in on pensions scandal

The ongoing saga surrounding the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) has taken another dramatic turn. On the first anniversary ...

Labour Party Rachel Reeves was defending her plans on the BBC

Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV

When 14 years of Tory austerity led to declining living standards, support for the ruling party collapsed, and the Labour ...

London is becoming the pothole capital – as nearly £1m in compensation dished out

London Borough Councils have seen a staggering rise in the number of pothole damage compensation claims lodged against them in ...

#SwindonsSundaySermon: how are the lesser of two evils getting on?

by Rachael Swindon

The question that asks if the Labour Party is just as cruel, callous and inhumane as the Tories is no ...

An open letter to Labour from the Autistic brother of a severely disabled woman

21 March 2025

The following article is a comment piece from an anonymous reader An open letter to Keir Starmer, Wes Streeting, Rachel ...

A disabled art activist has sent a powerful message to Labour over its DWP benefit cuts

21 March 2025

Disabled art activist Dolly Sen is sending the Labour Party government a clear, and harrowing message. That is, the callous ...

CND will be protesting outside BAE Shipyard in Barrow on 22 March

CND slams Labour’s nuclear rhetoric ahead of major protest outside BAE Systems