Back in 2023, the university identified a black-hole budget deficit of over £30m. At the time, spending controls were put in place across the university. However, this didn’t stop management from blowing £80m on the now Castle Meadow campus — which still isn’t open to this day. Given this ...
When I was assigned the story of a new report on structural racism in the Metropolitan police force yesterday, I was prepared to launch into what has had to become a standard Canary reaction. A new report shows, for the umpteenth time, that the Met is structurally racist. In other news, th...
Over 88 student groups have signed an open letter from the Association of Student Activism for Palestine (ASAP) calling on King’s College London (KCL) to reverse its decision to revoke pro-Palestine activist Usama Ghanem’s student visa. The letter begins by detailing the ways in which KCL ...
In a notice published Wednesday 5 November, the Trump administration quietly removed visa protections for South Sudanese nationals. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the war in southern Sudan had eased and that citizens may return home — even as conflict and fami...
In a notice published Wednesday 5 November, the Trump administration quietly removed visa protections for South Sudanese nationals. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the war in southern Sudan had eased and that citizens may return home — even as conflict and fami...
On Friday 7 November, the Metropolitan Police published an internal review which found that – you guessed it – the culture of the Met police makes racism “inevitable”. The report, conducted by Dr Shereen Daniels, was titled ’30 Patterns of Harm’. It used internal documents and evidence to ...
On 3 November, Prime Minister Starmer told MPs that the British state failed the 97 victims of the Hillsborough disaster. The acknowledgement came after the Public Office (Accountability) Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons. It will now pass through the committee stage...
Water regulator Ofwat has announced that its new rule for water bosses’ bonuses has blocked £4m in rewards over the last financial year. Ofwat gained the power to impose restrictions on bosses’ bonuses through the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025. The rule was applied for the first time t...
In his letter, Streeting told the BMA: The choice is clear. You can continue to pursue unnecessary strike action, which will cause disruption to patients, harm the NHS’s recovery and mean that at least some parts of this offer become unaffordable. Or you can put an end to this damaging per...
Across Sudan, 45% of the population – around 21.2 million people – are facing high levels of acute food insecurity. The highest levels of malnutrition are centred on the besieged towns of El Fasher in North Darfur and Kadugli in South Kordofan. However, 3.4 million fewer people are facing ...