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DWP makes a big fuss of recruiting Access to Work advisors

21 May 2026 @ 2:28 pm

dwpThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are bragging about simply doing its job once again. The DWP is making a big fuss of the fact that they’re recruiting 500 new staff to clear the Access to Work backlog. The department is making it sound like this is something they’re doing out of the goodness […] By Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Southampton booted from playoffs over spying

21 May 2026 @ 2:26 pm

Southampton confesses to spyingThis is finally the end of spygate. An independent League Arbitration Panel has upheld Southampton’s expulsion from the Championship play-off final, and dismissing the team’s appeal. As a result, Hull City will face Middlesbrough at Wembley on 23 May for the Championship play-off final. The decision upholds the earlier disciplinary commission’s sanctions. It brings a […] By Faz Ali

Chris Kennedy to stand for Greens in Makerfield to ‘press Andy Burnham’ due to “mixed track record”

21 May 2026 @ 2:23 pm

Green PartyChris Kennedy, who recently stood as a local election candidate for Newton-le-Willows East, has now been selected by the Green Party to contest the upcoming by-election in Makerfield. A nurse for 18 years and a specialist in mental health and child safeguarding, Kennedy came within touching distance of victory at the recent local elections, despite […] By Maddison Wheeldon

Israel’s opposition leaders vow to hide war crimes better

21 May 2026 @ 2:13 pm

israelIn a post on X, Naftali Bennett, opposition leader and head of the ‘Together Party,‘ criticized National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for harming Israel’s hasbara (‘public diplomacy’ better characterised as ‘propaganda’) with social media antics, and pointed out ways to improve hasbara. 🗞️ Naftali Bennett, who hopes to unseat Netanyahu in Israel’s next election, […] By The Canary

Legal groups submit complaint over UK Lawyers for Israel

21 May 2026 @ 2:00 pm

A Union flag and an Israel flag Complaint about UK Lawyers For IsraelThe European Legal Support Centre (ELSC) and the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) have submitted a formal complaint to the Bar Standards Board (BSB), the regulator of barristers in England and Wales. It concerns senior barristers David Pannick KC, Anthony Grabiner KC, and Stephen Hockman KC in their role as patrons of UK Lawyers for […] By The Canary

From Paris to Parliament Square: The Rise of Europe’s Fake Feminist Far Right 

21 May 2026 @ 1:59 pm

On 16 May at the Unite The Kingdom march, a far-right group took to the stage and presented themselves in burqas. Encouraging the crowd to boo, they then took them off, and the crowd cheered. It was one more stunt demonstrating the very apparent rise in Islamophobia across Europe. Let’s break down who these women […] By Sip the System

Three sisters tragically found dead in Brighton raising serious concerns

21 May 2026 @ 1:55 pm

brightonSussex Police have identified the three sisters whose bodies officers recovered from the sea in Brighton. Originally from Uxbridge, the family now faces unimaginable grief after losing their daughters in such tragic and unexpected circumstances. Jane Adetoro, Christina Walters, and Rebecca Walters – aged 36, 32 and 31 – died in the sea off Brighton […] By Maddison Wheeldon

Ex-IDF soldier resigns from Labour Together board

21 May 2026 @ 1:18 pm

Last month, I uncovered excerpts from the “IDF diary” of Jonathan Kestenbaum, the former Israeli soldier and current Labour peer who was serving as a board member of Labour Together. But on May 18th, according to Companies House, Kestenbaum resigned as a director of the disgraced think tank. Labour Together rebrands The organisation has desperately […] By Jody McIntyre

Ebola overshadows World Cup as DRC placed under health watch

21 May 2026 @ 12:53 pm

Ebola outbreak, DRCLess than a month before the start of the 2026 World Cup, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) national team has been stumped by another Ebola outbreak. As a result, the Congolese Federation has had to halt their preparation programme for the World Cup. In the interest of public safety, both FIFA and US […] By Alaa Shamali

RMT rearranges tube driver strike

21 May 2026 @ 12:51 pm

Underground station sign Tube driver strikeTube drivers in the RMT union have rearranged strike action that had been due on 19 and 21 May. The union, which represents just under half of London’s underground network drivers, said: At the 11th hour the employer has shifted its position allowing us to further explore our members concerns around the imposition of new […] By The Canary