The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) paid out over £236 million to private contractors in June 2025 alone. Huge amounts of money went to companies providing dire DWP health and work assessments, while millions more went on failing employment schemes. It all begs the question why the ...
Here’s today’s horoscope from the Canary – helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Wednesday 6 August 2025 Aries ♈ The Cancer Moon might feel like walking in emotional mud — slow, soggy, and full of strange creatures. Don’t...
A Guardian article published on 5 August 2025 has revealed that Lord Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army and current member of the House of Lords, lobbied UK government ministers on behalf of US defence firm Teledyne, after Palestine Action activists protested – and caused ove...
Defend Our Juries has confirmed that 500+ people have committed to holding ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action’ signs on Saturday 9 August in central London, as part of the Lift the Ban campaign to end the proscription of Palestine Action. The news comes as Yvette Cooper went in...
As the rivers fill with sewage, corporate shareholders fill their pockets—and the government looks the other way. A letter in the Guardian and a powerful post by campaigner Feargal Sharkey throw into sharp relief a growing public consensus: the privatised water industry is a grotesque fail...
Here’s today’s horoscope from the Canary – helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Tuesday 5 August 2025 Aries ♈ The Gemini Moon has your brain on fast-forward, but not everything that moves quickly is useful (see: late-sta...
Here’s today’s horoscope from the Canary – helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Monday 4 August 2025 Aries ♈ The Taurus Moon asks you to slow down, which is both rude and correct. Today, examine whether your hustle is he...
Mariah Carey made a very political statement at her Brighton Pride headliner on Saturday 2 August – one aimed directly at Keir Starmer’s government, but also Donald Trump’s. The singer, songwriter, producer, and cultural icon didn’t mess around in showing what she thought of both those adm...
Here’s today’s horoscope from the Canary – helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Sunday 3 August 2025 Aries ♈ The Moon is in your sign, giving you licence to disrupt — but with intention, not ego. Today, it’s not about le...
Here’s today’s horoscope from the Canary – helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Saturday 2 August 2025 Aries ♈ Mars is squaring the Moon, and you may feel like everything is a now problem. But today’s crisis isn’t yours ...