Our very own Rachel Charlton-Dailey is up for an award. You know what to do…
Nominations have gone live for the National Diversity Awards 2025, and not to brag… Scratch that, we’re going to brag, ...
Tag: chronic illness
Meet Crips Against Cuts – who have joined the fight against Labour and the DWP
A new grassroots campaign group is planning to take action against the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ...
A disabled art activist has sent a powerful message to Labour over its DWP benefit cuts
Disabled art activist Dolly Sen is sending the Labour Party government a clear, and harrowing message. That is, the callous ...
Audience member puts entire BBCQT panel to shame over DWP cuts
On BBC Question Time, an audience member had a powerful message for the Labour Party government as it prioritises attacking ...
It’s World Down’s Syndrome Day – but under Labour, there is nothing to celebrate for us and Betsy
At the end of a week that saw our Labour Party government announce plans to strip some disabled people of ...
The state of accessible transport has been exposed – just as the DWP is hammering disabled people
A House of Commons committee has revealed a damning picture of wide-scale accessibility failures that it says are “systemically ingrained” ...
Want to support chronically ill and disabled people into work? Why not try listening to them.
Peter had been an HGV driver for over 20 years. One day, Peter had a seizure. And – bang – ...
The DWP just quietly released its most disgusting piece of ‘research’ yet
The same day the Labour Party government launched its plans for a sweep of devastating welfare cuts, the Department for ...
Liz Kendall ‘backs’ petition to stop government ‘cutting disability benefits’ while bowing to the rich
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Liz Kendall has encouraged people to sign a petition to stop "unfair cuts ...
The most callous part of Liz Kendall’s DWP plans was actually a Tory idea she’s made worse
This article was updated on 23 March 2025. It originally stated that the DWP would be consulting on cuts to ...
Labour confirms plans to kill disabled people with DWP benefit cuts
On Tuesday 18 March, the Labour Party confirmed what many disabled people and campaigners feared: they are planning on killing ...
EXPOSED: Labour’s plan for DWP cuts to severely disabled people’s Universal Credit came from the Resolution Foundation
A thinktank appears to be at the heart of the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions DWP brutal Universal ...
Labour’s DWP cuts would be the BIGGEST since 2010 if they go ahead
With Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Liz Kendall set to make a speech on Tuesday 18 March that ...
Two people who know f*ck all about medicine are now doctors when it comes to the DWP
The Canary has reported on disability and mental health since its founding - particularly in relation to how the Department ...
This DWP assault on disabled people isn’t what Labour is supposed to look like… is it?
A little over a week ago — and unsurprisingly ignored by the British corporate media — the United Nations published ...
The world’s first disabled-led national youth orchestra is returning to London
The world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble, the National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO), returns to London with an uplifting programme of ...
An open letter to my MP – begging him to oppose DWP benefits cuts
If I’m honest, I’ve struggled to write a column this week. While our deepest fears were confirmed with Labour's planned ...
The Canary
PO Box 71199
LONDON
SE20 9EX
Canary Media Ltd – registered in England. Company registration number 09788095.
For guest posting, contact [email protected]
For other enquiries, contact: [email protected]
The Canary is owned and run by independent journalists and volunteers, NOT offshore billionaires.
You can write for us, or support us by making a regular or one-off donation.
© Canary Media Ltd 2024, all rights reserved | Website by Monster | Hosted by Krystal | Privacy Settings
