Section: Voices
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Labour MPs’ verdict on Mandelson is worse than anything Tories could inflict
Arrest of former US ambassador and New Labour giant may not directly implicate the prime minister, but colleagues say his reputation is shot
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Weekend with Cherien Dabis: ‘Learning to let go allowed me to feel peace in my life’
The director and actor on weekend walks in New York, tea ceremonies and her latest film All That’s Left of You
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Labour’s elections U-turn could cost it more than the £100,000 legal bill
Dozens of councils now have just weeks to prepare for local elections. One of the party’s MPs called the backtrack ‘a total own goal’
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Learning the dishes of my cultures gave me a taste of belonging
Being Egyptian, Irish and Pakistani, the closest I’ve ever come to feeling less ‘other’ was when I prepared meals with the women in my family
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Weekend with Amir El-Masry: ‘I just open the fridge, find what’s there and put it all together’
The actor on his new film Giant, working with Pierce Brosnan, and his obsessions with coffee and running
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Starmer has clung on. But a reckoning could be weeks away
Labour MPs have closed ranks around the prime minister, while the lack of an obvious successor has bought him some time before the Gorton by-election
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Mandelson is still Starmer’s problem — and Labour MPs know it
The prime minister and his team can’t escape the fact they chose a US ambassador whose links to Jeffrey Epstein were far from secret
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As the Tories lose MPs, Badenoch reckons she can beat Farage at his own game
The Conservative leader has given short shrift to a trio of big names leaving her party for Reform UK. Will her strategy work?
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The teacher who gave me the confidence to be a writer
Our education system is judged by exam results and inspections, but its greatest achievement will always be inspiring children and transforming young lives










