The DWP is in hot water over buried Universal Credit figures
The government's statistics body has intervened in a long-running scandal involving the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It's about ...
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The Canary needs you to help amplify marginalised people’s voices
At The Canary, we've been busy amplifying the voices of a new generation of young, working-class journalists. And now, we're ...
A disabled person’s furious response to the cost of living crisis points to a bigger issue
A disabled person has launched a furious response to the government. It's over the so-called 'cost of living crisis'. But ...
A groundbreaking chronic illness study quantifies the extent to which it affects people
A study by one chronically ill and disabled person reflects the lived experience of countless people. She's conducted groundbreaking research ...
Number of Covid sufferers in Scottish hospitals hits record high for fourth day
Scotland has recorded 50 coronavirus linked deaths in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show.
Spring Statement just trapped millions of people in a digital workhouse
Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement just confirmed that most people claiming social security from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ...
DWP deaths: evidence has now been passed to the UN
A UN human rights committee has been handed evidence of potential violations of chronically ill and disabled peoples' rights. Crucially, ...
Energy bills: direct action looms with the #BigPowerOff
The sharp increase in energy bills is now just weeks away. On 1 April, prices will go up by 54% ...
A Labour council is ‘torturing’ a disabled man by threatening to evict him
A Labour-run council is still trying to evict two brothers, one of whom is disabled, from their family home. It ...
The DWP is effectively cutting people’s benefits in April
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be effectively cutting people's social security from April. It means that for ...
As the PM wreaked havoc, so did the DWP
Boris Johnson's further descent into chaos has dominated the news. So, you may have missed the fact that the Department ...
Despite the Downing Street party scandal, Labour still managed to shame itself
The scandal over Downing Street partying while the rest of us were under coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions is rumbling on. So, ...
The DWP ordered a sick man who later died of his illness to leave hospital
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) told a severely ill claimant to leave hospital to make his social security ...
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The government just turned a celebration of disability into an accessibility nightmare
It's only the start of January. But already the government has shown that blind and low vision people are an ...
ME: the year in review – sickness, lies, and subversion
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a disease that has repeatedly hit the headlines in 2021. Sadly, this has often not been ...
DWP: the year in review – cuts, chaos and court battles
2021 saw the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) repeatedly hit the headlines. In this article, The Canary looks back ...
We need infrastructure to support each other for the long haul, not just through emergencies like coronavirus
The UK has been experiencing its highest ever rates of coronavirus (Covid-19) infections in recent weeks. As communities brace themselves ...
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