Hamas has agreed to disarm – but Israel’s answer is yet to materialise

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• Post published:31 July 2026
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Hamas has reportedly agreed to a deal to disarm its forces, in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Donald Trump – chair of the so-called ‘Board of Peace‘ (BoP) – announced the deal late on 30 July 2026. However, Israel has not yet confirmed its agreement to its side of the bargain. Hamas has stated that it won’t carry out any stage of the disarmament unless Israel holds up its side of the deal by withdrawing. However, given that Israel has killed over 1,100 Palestinians since October’s ‘ceasefire’ began, any potential promise from the occupier could hardly be worth less.  Likewise,…

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Burnham restores the whip to Diane Abbott and deplorable bigot Joani Reid

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• Post published:31 July 2026
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With Andy Burnham not two weeks into his tenure as PM, the new Labour leader has restored the whip to both Diane Abbott and Joani Reid. Both MPs went through independent disciplinary processes. Starmer suspended Abbott for a second time back in July 2025. Both suspensions related to a 2023 letter in the Observer, in which Abbott claimed that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people experience prejudice but not racism. The letter triggered the first suspension, and her defence of that opinion in a 2025 interview triggered the second. Reid, for her part, relinquished the whip voluntarily in March 2026. The Metropolitan Police…

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Hackers steal data from DfE and police among others

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• Post published:30 July 2026
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Hackers have stolen huge amounts of personal data from the Department for Education (DfE) and the Police National Legal Database (PNLD), exposing sensitive details online. The attack reportedly targeted 14 other institutions, with a UK university being among them. Both the DfE and PNLD have reported the breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The cybercriminal group claiming responsibility calls itself the ExfilSquad. The group, virtually unheard of before the attack, posted sections of the stolen data, including the names and addresses of parents and staff,  on a leak website as proof. According to screenshots seen by the Guardian, they’re demanding…

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Unions boycott Labour Women’s Conference over blanket trans ban policy

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• Post published:30 July 2026
• Post last modified:31 July 2026

Four of the eleven unions officially affiliated with the Labour Party have announced that they will boycott the Labour Women’s Conference this year. Unison, Aslef, Usdaw, and the Musicians’ Union cited the party’s decision to ban trans women from attending the event. The news follows Labour’s cancellation of the 2025 women’s conference after the Supreme Court’s ruling that ‘woman’ refers to sex-assigned-at-birth under the Equality Act 2010. ‘Compliance with the law’ In December, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) then took a vote to formally exclude trans women from proceedings at the women’s conference. Note, particularly, that the trans ban at…

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US dignitaries storm out of UN security council over Twitter beef with France

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• Post published:29 July 2026
• Post last modified:29 July 2026

US diplomats staged a walkout of a UN meeting over French dignitaries’ criticisms of the Trump administration’s human rights record. Which is, you know, completely accurate considering the kidnap of president Maduro, strikes against civilian vessels, and unlawful imprisonment (and murder) under ICE, to name but a few. ‘Forced labour’ tariffs The ridiculous walkout stunt, which took place during a security council meeting on 27 July, was part of an ongoing feud between the two countries’ delegations. Several days beforehand, on 23 July, the Trump administration announced massive tariffs on more than 80 countries. In effect, these reinstated the previous tariffs…

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Human Rights Network blasts Home Office plan to use racist AI on asylum-seeking children

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• Post published:29 July 2026
• Post last modified:30 July 2026

The Human Rights Network has added its voice to the growing number of advocacy organisations and watchdogs which have denounced Home Office plans to use AI facial-recognition software to assess the age of asylum-seeking children. The charity has already worked with hundreds of minors whom the state has wrongfully categorised as adults.  Back in April, the Human Rights Network exposed the fact that the Home Office frequently detains so-called “age-disputed children” as adults. Of the 76 age-disputed detainees at the time, Social Services had reassessed (or were reassessing) 26 as children. Less than a month later, the Helen Bamber Foundation revealed…

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TUC says up taxes on banking profits to fight rising cost of living

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• Post published:29 July 2026
• Post last modified:30 July 2026

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for Andy Burnham to raise taxes on banks, following Barclays‘ announcement of bumper second-quarter profits. The trade union body is advocating for the government to spend the money on a social energy tariff. According to the TUC, this measure could decrease middle and lower-income household energy bills by as much as £559 a year. Paul Nowak, the TUC’s general secretary, said: Big banks like Barclays are raking it in while working people and local businesses are struggling. High interest rates have been a boon for banks but have meant mortgage misery and higher bills…

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Anti-trans Bayswater Support Group challenge puberty blockers trial

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• Post published:28 July 2026
• Post last modified:28 July 2026

The Good Law Project (GLP) has announced its intention to oppose a legal challenge mounted by the vehemently transphobic Bayswater Support Group against the upcoming puberty blocker trial for trans youth healthcare. Trans-led charity Gendered Intelligence will lead the case against Bayswater, should the need arise. On 27 July, the Good Law Project posted: The controversial Bayswater Support Group have teamed up with claimants including Keira Bell, whose legal challenge to young trans healthcare in 2020 was overturned on appeal, following an intervention by Good Law Project. In a case funded by a group with links to the far right, they…

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Badenoch has some totally serious conditions before working with Burnham on social care…

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• Post published:28 July 2026
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Good news everybody, Kemi Badenoch wants to work with PM Andy Burnham to fix social care. Only, the leader of the least relevant opposition party in recent memory has some demands that she’s definitely in a position to make… The Guardian reported yesterday, 27 July, that the new Labour leader is seeking long-lasting change for UK social care. That change is certainly needed – Age UK estimates that as many as 2 million older people currently have unmet social care needs in England alone. As such, Burnham’s offered to work collaboratively with other parties to make a plan. He stated that: I…

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Reform quibble ‘Nazi’ label after councillor speaks at violent ‘Unite the Clans’ rally

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• Post published:28 July 2026
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On Saturday 25 July, a far-right ‘Unite the Clans’ rally saw masked, violent fascists attacking people of colour on the streets of Glasgow. However, Reform MSP Thomas Kerr has since taken to social media to complain about the racist thugs being called Nazis — because obviously that’s the most important issue at hand. Glasgow police force has reported 15 arrests so far. The charges included hate crimes, assault, carrying an offensive weapon, and breaching the peace. The BBC also reported that the police expected to make more arrests in the coming days: Ch Supt Emma Croft said the suspects, many of whom…

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Burnham backs ‘conditional’ welfare support in first PM interview

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• Post published:27 July 2026
• Post last modified:28 July 2026

In Andy Burnham’s first interview as PM, the newly-minted Labour leader spoke about the need to “get really serious as a country” about “getting the welfare bill down”. And how exactly does he plan to accomplish this feat? Well, Burnham claimed that he didn’t want to “blame” people on benefits, before adding: It’s about changing the nature of the support, and making some of the support conditional upon people taking opportunities that are presented. Implying that people on benefits having been taking the “opportunities that are presented” sounds an awful lot like blame, to us. Blame by another name The BBC recorded its…

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Burnham pledges devolution, devolution and…devolution as new Labour leader

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• Post published:17 July 2026
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Andy Burnham is officially the new leader of the Labour Party after running the ‘contest’ completely unopposed. To mark the occasion, a Survation poll has pegged Labour and Reform in joint lead for popularity across the country, tied at 24%. The sudden jump in the polls owed itself to the combined effect of Labour’s increased popularity following Starmer’s resignation. Plus, Reform’s slump after scandal-struck Nigel Farage quit his seat in Clacton-on-Sea. The former Manchester mayor turned Makerfield MP secured the backing of 379 of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s (PLP) 403 MPs. In his inaugural speech as prime minister in-waiting, Burnham hit a…

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Count Binface: A serious electoral profile for a deeply un-serious country

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• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:17 July 2026

The race for the Clacton parliamentary by-election looks as though it will come down to just two candidates. One is a sad caricature of a fascist who’s making a vicious mockery of democracy in the UK. The other wears a bin on his head (AKA Count Binface). Nigel Farage triggered the by-election after dramatically quitting his seat on 7 July. The far-right leader was facing multiple investigations and scandals at the time, including: Failing to declare financial support he received from a convicted fraudster in the run-up to the 2024 election; Multiple investigations into a £5m gift he received from a…

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Amnesty withdraw report listing anti-rights organisations following Rowling legal threat

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• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Amnesty International UK has referred itself to the Charity Commission after withdrawing its recent report A Growing Threat: the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK following intervention from known bigot JK Rowling. The report listed 117 organisations which work to undermine abortion and LGBTQ+ rights across the country. The list included anti-abortion groups like Right to Life UK, Both Lives, and Abortion Resistance. It also featured conversion-therapy advocates GENSPECT and Thoughtful Therapists, and anti-trans organisations Gender Critical Greens and Transgender Trend. Rowling and the ‘women’s fund’ However, famously litigious anti-queer campaigner and sometime author JK Rowling waded in because of the inclusion of…

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Thames Water issues massive bonuses to bosses… despite the ban on water bosses’ bonuses

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• Post published:16 July 2026
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Anybody out there remember Ofwat issuing a ban on water bosses’ bonuses at the tail-end of 2025? Well apparently Thames Water doesn’t — it just increased its senior managers’ bonus payouts to an eye-watering £4.1m. As the Canary reported only yesterday, 15 July, the prospect of public ownership is looming over the failed, sewage-spewing water company. The company is currently buried under £18.5 billion of debt, up from £16.8 billion a year ago, and is set to run out of money at the end of the year. What better time for the bosses to cut themselves a nice fat paycheck, eh? Job well…

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Jess Phillips is saying the quiet part out loud on the ‘prison capacity crisis’

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• Post published:16 July 2026
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Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has landed in hot water regarding her support for Labour’s Sentencing Bill. The 2026 legislation is currently in the news because a clause allowing the earlier release of prisoners will come into effect in September. The new clause would allow the release of some prisoners after the completion of half of their sentence. This is a marked contrast to the previous requirement of three-quarters fulfillment. However, the legislation has drawn criticism because it could see sexual offenders being released earlier. Jess Phillips: hypocrisy on full display Phillips resigned her safeguarding post on 12 May 2026, among…

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Whittome calls for ‘safe and legal’ asylum routes for Sudan and Eritrea

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• Post published:16 July 2026
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On 15 July, Labour MP Nadia Whittome posted an impassioned plea to social media, urging the UK government to establish safe, legal routes for Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to come to the UK. Currently, and in contrast to similarly war-torn Ukraine, no specific refugee initiatives target those fleeing the two countries. Whittome accompanied the post with a video of herself speaking during the second reading of Labour’s Immigration and Asylum Bill. Voting against the racist policy, she argued that the bill would “punish those seeking sanctuary” and “weaken vital protections” for people fleeing persecution. ‘Safe and legal routes’? On 15…

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Unions and anti-corruption campaigners react to damning Covid Inquiry report

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• Post published:15 July 2026
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Yesterday, 15 July, the Covid Inquiry published its latest update — this time focusing on the Johnson government’s failure to secure adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). In response, both anti-corruption campaigning organisations and the unions representing affected hospital workers have been swift to issue their condemnation. As the Canary’s Joe Glenton previously reported: Boris Johnson’s government wasted £10bn on unusable personal protective equipment (PPE), the Covid inquiry report has found. Inquiry chair Heather Hallett also slammed the then-Conservative government’s use of firms with Tory ‘VIP’ connections to fulfil major PPE contracts. BMA: Government performance ‘an omnishambles’ Reacting to the Module 5 report,…

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New report details the Spectator’s ‘systematic, sustained, & measurable problem with Muslims’

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• Post published:15 July 2026
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On 14 July, the Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) published a shocking – but sadly unsurprising – report into the stark Islamophobia on display at the Spectator, the UK’s oldest political magazine. The CfMM is an independent non-profit organisation which monitors the representation of Islam in the mainstream media. For its latest report, entitled ‘No Mere Spectator’, it presented comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analysis: of 3,733 articles published by The Spectator between January 2018 and December 2025 relating to Islam, Muslims, Muslim communities, Muslim-majority countries, or issues in which Muslims were a central subject of discussion. From this analysis, it concluded that…

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DWP boss McFadden making vague pronouncements about ‘helping people into work’ again

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• Post published:15 July 2026
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Pat McFadden, the leader of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is already working to set the media agenda ahead of the full publication of two flagship reports in the autumn. Inevitably, he’s bleating about ‘supporting’ people with health conditions to get into work. In a 15 July interview with the Guardian, McFadden stated that his department had already begun its work in advance of the final reports: Even before they’ve reported, I’m already speaking to the Department for Education [and] the Department for Health. We’re going to have to respond to this as a government. It’s my job to…

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