Maryam Jameela

1 week ago | thecanary.co | Maryam Jameela

A shocking new report from the Housing Ombudsman Service (HOS) has painted a grim picture of housing in England. Richard Blakeway, the Housing Ombudsman wrote:We investigated 474% more complaints about poor living conditions in the last budget year compared to when I started as Ombudsman in 2019-20, with poor practice found in 72% of cases. This is despite almost £9 billion spent on repairs and maintenance in 2023-24.

1 week ago | thecanary.co | Maryam Jameela

The BBC have chosen a bizarre angle to report on the news of the unfolding debacle over US/Israel-backed humanitarian aid into Palestine. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is an ostensibly independent, but Israeli- and US-backed organisation who plans to distribute aid in the Gaza strip. However, other humanitarian organisations, including the UN, have issued a blistering rebuke as to the independence of GHF.

1 week ago | thecanary.co | Maryam Jameela

DWP staff in Jobcentres around the UK are facing a raft of changes led by Labour’s attempts to put out a rebellion over disability benefit cuts. MP Alison McGovern has been tasked with overhauling employment support after Keir Starmer announced a brutal set of cuts to disability benefits. Under these new changes, the Jobcentre will no longer force people looking for work into any job. McGovern said:The Tories used to talk about ABC: ‘Any job, Better job, Career’.

1 week ago | thecanary.co | Maryam Jameela

Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff system has received firm pushback from a US federal court. Three judges on the US Court of International Trade have found that Trump’s tariffs:exceed any authority granted to the president … to regulate importation by means of tariffs. The ruling made it clear that it is not a comment upon the effectiveness of Trump’s tariffs, but instead on whether Trump had the legal power to apply trade levies.

1 week ago | thecanary.co | Maryam Jameela

A massive group of far-right Israelis have marched through a Muslim area in Old Jerusalem in an annual hate march. Sometimes known as Jerusalem Day, Israelis mark the day via state funds as they mark the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem. Traditionally, the fascists march through the Muslim Quarter. Their racism and violence during the marches routinely creates an atmosphere of terror and fear for Palestinians. Unionist Howard Beckett shared footage of the march:Today is Jerusalem Day.