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

Post author:Grace
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:17 July 2026

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…

“Biggest crisis the forces of Hindutva are facing today”: Ram Temple corruption scandal rocks BJP

Post author:The Canary
Post published:29 June 2026
Post last modified:30 June 2026

According to The Quint, despite Modi’s BJP right-wing government being mired in scandal after scandal and emerging unscathed, the latest crisis, the Ram Mandir donation theft, may be the biggest test for Hindutva yet. According to Al Jazeera, for the past month, the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (UP), has been mired in allegations that its trustees have embezzled potentially millions of dollars in donations from devotees, diverting funds meant for the shrine into their own pockets. Echoing The Quint, Al Jazeera says the scandal could unravel the BJP’s carefully constructed image as the guardian of the Hindu faith and…

Visa crisis threatens media coverage for the 2026 World Cup

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:7 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

As FIFA continues to promote the 2026 World Cup as the most expansive and inclusive tournament in history, a new crisis has emerged that could overshadow the long-awaited event. The International Sports Press Association has warned of significant difficulties facing dozens of accredited journalists in securing visas to enter the United States. In an official letter to FIFA media officials, the association revealed it has received an increasing number of complaints from accredited journalists—including a large group of Iranian journalists and those from various African nations—who have yet to secure the necessary visas, despite fulfilling all of the tournament’s media accreditation…

Palestine — Ministry of Health in financial crisis because of ‘Israel’

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:6 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Palestine — The Palestinian Ministry of Health, based in Ramallah, has raised serious concerns about major shortages of medicines and essential medical supplies. A third of essential medicines not available, hundreds more at critically low levels in Palestine It says that a significant portion of items on the Essential Medicines List are no longer available. Over a third are completely out of stock and hundreds more running critically low. Altogether, more than 726 medicines and medical consumables have run out in Ministry storage facilities. This is already having a direct impact on patients. Over 4,000 people with cancer are now at…

Social care crisis fears as migrant workers’ children face deportation

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:2 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

The crisis facing social care could worsen as Labour sets out devastating plans to deport the children of migrant workers, who are filling vital staff shortages. Despite having valid, and extended, health and care worker visas to work in the UK, migrant families continue to be attacked by the government. As the Home Office “set[s] out plans for the biggest legal migration reforms in a generation”, to tackle “unprecedented levels of migration under the previous government”, children are being threatened with deportation. Inevitably, this will lead to a mass exodus of people invited to work in social care while Brits have…

Cost of living crisis compared to Shell mega profits

Post author:The Canary
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Campaigners from Fossil Free London staged a protest outside a supermarket in Hackney on Sunday 24 May, to draw attention to the rising cost of living in contrast with fossil fuel corporations’ soaring profits. The stunt involved two trolleys. One, pushed by a campaigner dressed as an oil executive, was filled with sacks of money. The other was filled with placards shaped like common food items. Each placard displayed the item’s current cost and the amount it has risen by. For example: “Orange juice, £1.79, up 130%”. Behind them, a banner read: “Shell profits. We pay the price”. The protest comes…

The 2026 World Cup could turn into a global climate crisis

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A few days before the kickoff of the 2026 World Cup, environmental warnings are escalating around the tournament, which is supposed to be the biggest in football history, but is now poised to become the “most climate-destructive” since the tournament began. The Guardian revealed that the edition, which will be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, does not appear to be just an exceptional sporting event, but a massive project that could leave an unprecedented carbon footprint. This is due to the enormous expansion in the number of teams, matches, and host cities, alongside the almost complete reliance on…