Hannah Sharland

3 weeks ago | thecanary.co | Hannah Sharland

The House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee is currently conducting an inquiry into the Labour Party government’s disability benefits Green Paper. Announced at the start of April, this will examine the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) planned changes to Universal Credit’s (UC) health-related element, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and its move to abolish the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), among other details of the government’s controversial plans.

3 weeks ago | thecanary.co | Hannah Sharland

The Labour Party is now unequivocally the party of the private healthcare sector. Thanks to campaign group EveryDoctor, we now know its MPs in parliament have taken millions in donations from companies and individuals linked to the private interests carving up the NHS for profit. Tellingly, elected Labour politicians have racked up four times the number of donations of any of theAnd who happens to be front and centre of a sizeable chunk of these donations?

4 weeks ago | thecanary.co | Hannah Sharland

The long-awaited and much-government-touted ME Delivery Plan is shaping up to be, predictably, largely a whitewash. As ministers slowly drip out pieces of information about the upcoming publication, it’s becoming increasingly obvious the plan is set to offer little more than lukewarm gestures, rather than anything remotely resembling meaningful change for people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). However, it’s a wonder that anyone in the ME community is even mildly shocked at this.

4 weeks ago | thecanary.co | Hannah Sharland

An open letter has had to spell out to the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) British citizens’ rights to free speech, as well as international laws enshrining oppressed peoples’ rights to resist their oppressors. This is because the CPS currently has preposterous terrorism charges levied against two Palestine advocates and SOAS University of London students. Specifically, in March, the Met Police arrested and charged the ‘SOAS 2’ under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act.

4 weeks ago | popularresistance.org | Hannah Sharland

In the face of ongoing Draconian state repression, Youth Demand has successfully disrupted London once again in two acts of mass civil disobedience. The latest actions come amid a sweep of crackdowns in which cops have nicked protesters under the Tories’ dodgy pre-crime laws. However, clearly protesters remains undeterred – as they took two more actions across the capital.