Tory Wet Wipe Mel Stride has been talking shite about Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits again, though this time it’s in his role as the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in Badenoch’s rapidly failing Conservative ‘ShadCab’. These past few days, it’s been the Tory Party Confe...
Not content with ruining trans people’s lives, Wes Streeting has turned his attention to disabled people, too. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has ordered a review into the increase in mental health and neurodivergent conditions, to decide whether they are over-diagnosed....
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has had to admit that delays on one of its benefits helplines could be contributing to a rise in claimants harming themselves. Mind you, they’ve only done it because they’ve had to, and of course, they haven’t admitted this publicly. DWP begging f...
And we’re back for another week! After the buildup of the launch show and the first week, Strictly Come Dancing finally feels like it’s starting properly now that eliminations are upon us! But after how show-stopping last weekend was, can the celebs keep the high standards up or will nerve...
Andy Burnham arrived at the Labour Party conference to annoy Starmer purely by breathing, again. The mayor of Greater Manchester told the audience at a Guardian fringe event that he’s absolutely double-dog dare definitely not running for leader, then continued to say a lot of things in opp...
Pat McFadden took to the Labour Party Conference stage today to deliver his first speech as Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). McFadden, of course, only took over the role three and a half weeks ago, so many were anxious to hear what he had to say and if he’d...
Ahead of her speech at the Labour Party conference today, chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves announced the ‘youth guarantee’ – that she will guarantee paid work to under-21-year-olds – but of course, this is Labour, so it’s never as it seems. Tackling youth unemployment is good, but...
It’s week one on Strictly Come Dancing! This might be confusing because the show started last week, but that was the launch show, and this is the show proper. However, you won’t be able to vote this week: that’s next week, so that will technically be the first proper week, but don’t think ...
Nothing says “dark nights coming in” like Strictly Come Dancing being back on our screens. I’m not ashamed to admit that Strictly is one of my favourite TV shows ever, I bloody love the cheese and will judge a paso doble in my hoodie with my zero dance experience with the best of them. Str...
Two disabled people’s organisations have come together to take a stand against the latest way the government is performatively pretending to include disabled people in policy that affects us via its so-called DWP Disability Advisory Panel. The hot mess that is the DWP Disability Panel As t...