Standing charges to deliver another blow to older people this winter
Time is running out to tell energy regulator Ofgem to scrap the cruel standing charges on energy bills. The Energy For All campaign is calling on members of the public…
Time is running out to tell energy regulator Ofgem to scrap the cruel standing charges on energy bills. The Energy For All campaign is calling on members of the public…
Disabled people across the UK are facing a worsening housing crisis, as government policies and funding shortfalls leave many trapped in unsuitable homes. The system designed to support these individuals,…
Disabled people staged a sit-in outside parliament on Monday 2 September. It happened after security denied them entry to the building (which they’d previously been given permission for) to deliver…
On Monday night Tanni Grey-Thompson had to do something she’s unfortunately accustomed to now – crawl off a train. She had the same experience 12 year ago, too. Tanni Grey-Thompson’s…
The Daily Mail has had a busy couple of days spewing out scapegoating propaganda for its billionaire owners and the political class. The Canary’s HG reported on its vile Islamophobic…
Our electoral system works… for the rich and powerful. For everyone else, it sucks. It pretends that voting in elections makes a difference. But it very rarely does anything that…
Heavy rains have triggered building collapses that have killed dozens of people in northern Sudan since June. It comes as the country reels from almost 16 months of fighting between…
While the world focuses on the Middle East, war in Sudan between the army and rival paramilitaries has pushed the Zamzam camp near Darfur’s besieged city of El-Fasher into famine.…
Three key Amazonian Indigenous organisations have issued an unprecedented joint statement, accusing the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) of deliberately delaying a decision on whether to withdraw certification from a notorious…
The climate-wrecking East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is already wreaking havoc on wildlife in a biodiverse national park. A new report has exposed how key fossil fuel infrastructure associated…
A new government, but the same old callous austerity agenda. The stark “heating or eating” dilemma is about to get much worse for millions of older Britons. Because, less than…
A legal challenge over the UK government’s failure to protect disabled people, property and infrastructure from the foreseeable impacts of the accelerating climate crisis was heard in the High Court…