Disabled people set to protest demands of new Labour government
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.…
DWP Universal Credit news for 1.6m people BURIED by election
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’…
people have voted independent for the first time ever
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…
Police arrest 11 people on orders of judge for holding signs
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…
Starmer made another massive U-turn, hitting millions of people
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…
General election shows each parties’ failure over disabled people
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?…
Financial inclusion for Black & brown people not on political agenda
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…
General election manifestos: disabled people politically homeless
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…
Sunak tries to win back old bigots by threatening 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…
disabled people have suddenly become invisible
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…
DWP to face inquiry into deaths of disabled people
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…
Labour is taking people for mugs with its new six pledges
Presenter Amol Rajan received probably the worst excuse for Keir Starmer’s record of broken promises from Shadow Minister Pat McFadden, in an interview over Labour’s six pledges on BBC Radio…