Just an FYI You cannot claim it’s “too easy” to claim disability benefits, if you’ve never been through the process.

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UK child poverty up 34% in a decade. Families can't afford the cost of food, rent, childcare, heating, essentials. 72% of poor children live in working families. Secure jobs, universal basic income/services, curbs on profiteering, free school meals would help. Must eradicate parental poverty.

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Lord Pannick cuts to the core: if a doctor says you have a progressive, terminal illness and are likely to die within six months, you should have the choice to use this Bill. Amendments that undermine that choice strike at the very heart and purpose of the legislation.

Remember that when politicians and the media talk about disability benefits, they are talking about the most vulnerable, those who are most likely to be in poverty. They are weaponising and playing games with the lives of people who are clinging to survival already.

Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚

The assisted dying Bill is receiving its 8th day of scrutiny in the House of Lords today. After 7 days, Peers are continuing to consider Clause 1 of a 59 clause Bill. This is running down the clock. We must stop it. Join the fightback 👉 www.dignityindying.org.uk/petition

Disabled students are still being denied basic support, access, and safety at UK universities. The data exposes a systemic failure www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

BBC News - Diplomats owe more than £165m in London congestion charges www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Water bills up again. The Green Party will lower bills by ending the privatised water company rip off. Water must be taken into public ownership now.

NEW: Assisted Dying Bill could be force through Lords via the Parliament Act, supporters warn, if Lords blocks it. At current rate, with 1200 amendments, the bill won’t make it in time. Stand by for constitutional wrangling. www.itv.com/news/2026-01...

How to have a guilt-free wardrobe clearout – without sending anything to landfill

NEW 🚨 Supermarket profits have been skyrocketing as food prices surge — this is greedflation, with corporations burning the proverbial house down. www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/01/2...

This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act

Water bills to rise again in England, well above the rate of inflation. 90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping. Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.

SCHOOLS! Here are fifteen books. I'm giving them away. If you're a UK school and would like them, let me know. I'll pick one of you this evening. You can share it too, if you like. Ta.

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IT'S WEDNESDAY. It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

One charity estimates that 4 million children will still be in poverty by the next general election, even with the two child cap being lifted www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

It's #buyastrangerabook day today. That'll start a bit later. Probs about midday. In the meantime, I'll tell you about some new SIGNED books I'll be getting. How does that sound? www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

SIGNED BOOK NEWS. "Common Decency" by comedian Tom Allen. Tom brings his trademark dark comedy to the page in this brilliant novel about what it truly means to be a neighbourhood. Published on May 21st. SIGNED copies can be ordered HERE! www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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EasyJet warned over 'misleading' £5.99 cabin bag fee. Which? research showed that typical cabin bag prices for EasyJet were five times as high as the £5.99 claim. Despite glossy CSR claims companies are dishonest and find new ways of fleecing customers, boosts profits, exec pay.

We don’t pretend to be disabled. We pretend to be “fine”. We don’t exaggerate our symptoms. We minimise them. We don’t “let our disabilities win”. They overwhelm us. We don’t limit ourselves too much. We try to do too much. We don’t want to be disabled. We just are.

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National insurance hike and energy bills behind food price rise, say UK retailers. No mention of the role of private equity ownership of supermarkets, restaurants and pubs. No mention of profiteering, exec pay, dividends or profit shifting to dodge taxes.

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The post year has shown that shifting the government to provide a response proportionate to the needs of the 1.35m #pwME is a tough call, but I’m looking forward to working strategically with the group to bring the meaningful change that has been denied us all for too long.

When staff come in and ask how I am, they’re always surprised when I say wiped out, or exhausted… “oh no, why though?”😶🙄 Good job patient passports are read isn’t it? And my M.E diagnosis isn’t included in any handover sheets🙃 ignored. It’s so disappointing and dangerous. Healthcare has to change

On Holocaust Memorial Day we remember those murdered during the Holocaust and all genocides. #HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay

NEW 🚨 A new petition calls to end cruel DWP rule that stops payments to carers when their loved ones are hospitalised — they've suffered enough! @rachelcdailey.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/01/2...

I ended last year thinking I was coming out of my black cloud more and first couple of weeks of new year I seemed more positive and was trying really hard with weekly counselling to work through stuff. Now I feel so weighed down with the world and so much doom and misery. I’m trying to limit

Take me back ….

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The Green Party now has over 190,000 members! Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again. Join today!

Lib Dems react: “Farage has recruited yet another Conservative minister with selective amnesia - one who complains about broken Britain while conveniently forgetting they helped break it. "Suella Braverman was so bad she was forced to resign from Liz Truss’ cabinet and got sacked by Rishi Sunak.”

BREAKING: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, in one of the least surprising defections to far. But she’ll be able to politicise her time in the Home Office to continue arguing that it is ineffective at combatting immigration etc. I suspect tho that some Tories won’t miss her.

Disabled adults are adults. We are not children. We do not need to be “mothered” or “fathered”. We do not deserve being talked down on. We deserve respect, and autonomy (where possible) just like any other adult.

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Andy Burnham has now been blocked from standing as a by-election candidate by Labour. Civil war would follow as Starmer doubles down on dissent to hang on to power.

Customer complaints over water bills up by 50% in England & Wales. Don't be fooled by social tariffs, cost passed to other customers. Billions extracted in dividends, exec pay; fines announced, not paid; customers fleeced. No one protects people. Privatisation is a scam.

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BREAKING: Andy Burnham says he has sought permission to stand in the by election.

Disabled people know their bodies better than anyone else does. The amount of bullshit advice and suggestions we get from people is off the scale, and almost never asked for or wanted. Please, stop thinking you know better than we do about our own bodies

Taxpayers are paying £4 MILLION a year in rent to Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall for a prison that’s been empty for over 18 months. Evacuated due to toxic gas, the repairs could cost up to £68 million which we, the public, would also be expected to pay.

Anger is boiling as the DWP’s new disability panel sidelines the North. 'This isn’t a minor oversight, it’s a structural failure' www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...