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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Canary staff not paid amid fears for news website’s future

Screengrab of the Canary home page, showing a worker in an orange safety vest and gloves operates machinery, alongside scanned DWP and water industry documents
The Canary website was founded in 2015 against a backdrop of support for the then Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Photograph: The Canary

Workers at the leftwing news outlet the Canary fear it will not survive beyond this year amid access to funds being blocked and allegations of financial mismanagement and internal turmoil.

The site, which was founded in 2015 against a backdrop of the wave of support for the then Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, appeared set to expand after a multimillion-pound injection of funds last year.

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