Liz Kendall ‘backs’ petition to stop government ‘cutting disability benefits’ while bowing to the rich
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Liz Kendall has encouraged people to sign a petition to stop "unfair cuts ...
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The most callous part of Liz Kendall’s DWP plans was actually a Tory idea she’s made worse
This article was updated on 23 March 2025. It originally stated that the DWP would be consulting on cuts to ...
Labour confirms plans to kill disabled people with DWP benefit cuts
On Tuesday 18 March, the Labour Party confirmed what many disabled people and campaigners feared: they are planning on killing ...
EXPOSED: Labour’s plan for DWP cuts to severely disabled people’s Universal Credit came from the Resolution Foundation
A thinktank appears to be at the heart of the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions DWP brutal Universal ...
Labour’s DWP cuts would be the BIGGEST since 2010 if they go ahead
With Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) boss Liz Kendall set to make a speech on Tuesday 18 March that ...
Two people who know f*ck all about medicine are now doctors when it comes to the DWP
The Canary has reported on disability and mental health since its founding - particularly in relation to how the Department ...
This DWP assault on disabled people isn’t what Labour is supposed to look like… is it?
A little over a week ago — and unsurprisingly ignored by the British corporate media — the United Nations published ...
The world’s first disabled-led national youth orchestra is returning to London
The world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble, the National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO), returns to London with an uplifting programme of ...
An open letter to my MP – begging him to oppose DWP benefits cuts
If I’m honest, I’ve struggled to write a column this week. While our deepest fears were confirmed with Labour's planned ...
Long Covid campaigners to target Parliament after five years of neglect
On Tuesday 18 March campaigners from Not Recovered UK - who all live with long Covid or are impacted by ...
NHS still refusing a severe ME patient vital care – more than a year after she was hospitalised
A woman with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) has spoken out - from her hospital bed - about the NHS's continued ...
Damning new DWP research shows it is failing disabled people – just as Labour wants to cut their benefits
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced the redeployment of 1,000 existing work coaches to support sick and ...
Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill is now a clear and present danger to disabled people
Members of the parliamentary committee responsible for the Assisted Dying Bill have dropped the key part of the proposed law ...
Long Covid Awareness Day sees two campaigns take action across the UK – and beyond
Saturday 15 March marks Long Covid Awareness Day, a critical opportunity to raise awareness of the ongoing and often debilitating ...
A very personal plea to Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer: stop the DWP cuts
The Labour-led government has announced £6bn of potential cuts to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits for chronically ill ...
Richard Burgon dismantles Keir Starmer at PMQs over £6bn DWP cuts
At Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), Richard Burgon challenged prime minister Keir Starmer on the government considering taking £6bn from disabled ...
Engine idling is banned in Scotland – yet no one is enforcing it
A coalition of more than twenty organisations, including councillors, health professionals, teachers, and NGOs, have joined forces to urge the Scottish ...
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