Labour just abandoned the poorest people in the king’s speech
The king’s speech on Wednesday 17 July was nothing if a direct play to the Labour Party’s now-target audience: the middle classes and middle England. Because within the 39 bills,…
The king’s speech on Wednesday 17 July was nothing if a direct play to the Labour Party’s now-target audience: the middle classes and middle England. Because within the 39 bills,…
Labour Party MP and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell is set to join chronically ill and disabled people at a protest on the first full day of the new parliament.…
With all eyes trained on the final sprint to general election day, a local news site quietly dropped news on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) so-called ‘managed migration’…
During the #CanaryCandidates interviews, the Canary spoke to Maddison Wheeldon, an independent candidate in Warrington North. She has offered voters a democratic alternative to the out-of-touch political status quo, promising…
On Tuesday 2 July police arrested a group of 11 people for holding signs outside Southwark Crown Court which said “Juries deserve to hear the whole truth” and “Juries have…
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has made yet another U-turn when he spoke out in favour of the first past the post electoral system: When he was running for Labour…
It’s hard to believe that we’re on week 756 of general election season. That’s because we’re not – it’s only week four. But fuck me doesn’t it feel like it?…
With the general election just weeks away, Tynah Matembe – money expert, Edinburgh based entrepreneur, and founder of MoneyMatiX – has criticised the government’s track record on financial inclusion. She…
After years of Conservative and Labour Party policies, and general election manifestos where it’s now difficult to tell the difference between the two – are chronically ill and disabled people…
It’s been a busy week for Rishi Sunak, who somehow managed to make himself look even worse and alienate his core voters – that’s right, old bigots who bang on…
Hello hello, testing testing. Is this thing on? Can everyone hear me? Can you all see me? Oh good, it’s just the Conservatives and Labour who apparently have forgotten disabled…
Today in “that bump under the rug? Oh it’s just important disabled news don’t look at that”, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has announced they are launching an…