Section: Opinion

Olly Robbins gave Starmer’s critics more ammo, even if they can’t use it yet

Sacked civil servant revealed that No 10 pressured him to find a job for Matthew Doyle at the same time as pushing for Peter Mandelson’s appointment

Shehab Khan
Why Palantir’s role in the NHS terrifies my patients

The tech giant’s role in US immigration raids and the destruction of Gaza shows it cannot be trusted, argues NHS doctor Ammad Butt

Ammad Butt
MPs’ support for Starmer will be cold comfort if Trump hikes UK tariffs

The prime minister has won political support for refusing to join the war with Iran. But America has the power to make Britain pay

Shehab Khan

Building Lego with my sister is a simple joy in a world that feels broken

Perhaps it’s childish to build tiny plastic plants when it feels like everything’s crumbling around us, but what good are we if we fall apart too?
Starmer ‘wants to be a statesman’. But some Labour MPs are getting restless

There’s no guarantee that Starmer can have an impact internationally, and there’s still little detail on how he’ll mitigate domestic effects of war
As a mother, I hope to pass on the qualities of the remarkable women who came before me

Only now that I have children can I truly appreciate how much the generations of women in my family did to provide us with love and protection
Six doctors dismissed my endometriosis. Now I know I’m not the only one

My story features in a study by Endometriosis UK and Cysters that found women from ethnic minority backgrounds wait an average 11 years for diagnosis
In a world that expects the opposite from us, the joy of Muslim women is radical

Shahed Ezaydi on the harms of white feminism and why she wrote her debut book The Othered Woman
Trump’s attacks on the UK have calmed Starmer’s opponents

The crisis sparked by the US president telling Britain to ‘learn to fight for yourself’ appears to have solidified support for the PM