The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has come under further scrutiny regarding its handling of Universal Credit overpayments after a coalition of over 30 organisations, spearheaded by the Public Law Project, sent a letter warning of a “scandal in the making.” The alarming communication has emerged in light of significant overpayment issues that have...
On the back of years of Tory austerity, the education sector is preparing for the “worst financial situation for a generation” after chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement on 26 March. Headteachers have already warned that schools face “death by a thousand cuts” partly because the proposed pay increase for teachers is unfunded and the Labour...
We’re humbled to introduce a new Canary writer, Alaa Shamali from Palestine – but currently a refugee in Oman. We will be publishing him in Arabic – but if you right click on the screen the menu that appears should give you the option to translate the article to English. If you are reading on mobile, this...
Award-winning musician Macklemore has called the combination of rising fascism, Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and climate breakdown “the biggest threat to humanity we have ever faced”. Macklemore: the ‘earth is aching’ At a People’s Forum event this weekend in solidarity with Palestine and Mahmoud Khalil, Macklemore gave a speech calling for persistent action to bring...
An international group of scientists have taken action across the world to challenge a major extractivist project that’s set to endanger the health and livelihoods of local communities in southwest Peru. To mark World Water Day 2025 on 22 March, activists from Scientist Rebellion mobilised a range of global actions in solidarity with communities fighting...
Content warning: discussions of addiction and suicide The pandemic took the lives of many battling drug and alcohol addiction to new lows. However, for some, it was the trigger that finally forced them to confront their demons. The number of over 50s seeking treatment for alcohol and drug addiction in England has increased by 50% since 2020,...
On Wednesday 26 March, protesters across the country are mobilising against the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) brutal cuts to vital disability and health-related benefits. In multiple cities and towns all over the UK, activists will turn out with a resounding message to the Labour government: to end its war on chronically...
Israel has killed two journalists in Gaza on Monday 24 March. Occupation forces targeted the car of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat in northern Gaza. And they targeted the house of Palestine Today journalist Mohammad Mansour in southern Gaza. They are among an estimated 51 people Israel has killed today. Shabat’s Al Jazeera colleague Tareq...
A new report published on International Day of Forests (21 March) by Biofuelwatch and the Environmental Paper Network International, with the support of eight national-level environmental groups, exposes the extent to which the EU’s major wood pulp producers generate and sell energy produced by burning wood sourced directly from forestry operations. The EU’s obsession with biomass...
Israel attacked another hospital in Gaza on 23 March, just days after Israeli media outlet Haaretz said the apartheid state had “committed the largest child massacre in its history” in the occupied Palestinian territory. In recent days, Israel also flattened “Gaza’s only specialised cancer hospital”. Unmoved by these horrors, however, the BBC continues to normalise...
HMRC has recently swung into action, sending letters to a substantial number of women across the UK, particularly those in the age bracket of 60 to 79, alerting them to potential deficiencies in their National Insurance records. This significant outreach is crucial for stay-at-home mothers who claimed what is now the Department for Work and...
Chronically ill and disabled activists and allies took to the streets on Saturday 22 March against the Labour Party’s planned brutal cuts to their benefits. Protesters mobilised across the country in 14 locations to call out the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disgraceful move to slash social security for sick and disabled people to meet...
