Section: Voices
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Even some Labour MPs say Starmer’s free glasses aren’t a good look
Prime minister’s gifts from Waheed Alli are causing disquiet among a party that prided itself on being different from the Tories
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No one warned me how lonely motherhood can be
Why do I feel so devastatingly isolated as I sit with my toddler on my lap and embrace him?
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We’ve not heard the last of Labour’s anti-austerity rebels
Dozens of Keir Starmer’s MPs abstained on a vote to scrap winter fuel payments for pensioners, exposing a rift in the party
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Growing up, I was often asked if I was a ‘half Muslim’
Being from a multifaith family can sound idyllic from the outside, but it wasn’t always a fairytale of tolerance and inclusion
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Ayoub Khan MP: Kemi Badenoch’s comments about ‘Islamist politics’ are dangerous and ignorant
Conservative leadership hopeful claimed independent MPs were elected thanks to ‘sectarian’ politics and ‘alien ideas’
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Tessa Khan Q&A: ‘The UK has a responsibility to lead the fight against climate change’
The international climate change lawyer and founder of Uplift on the future of proposed fossil fuel projects, and how ordinary people can hold power to account
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Tory leadership race is hugely important for British Muslims — in more ways than one
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick’s camps have doubled down on statements seen as Islamophobic. That has an impact beyond the Conservative party
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After I reached breaking point, I found solace in an alternative Islamic therapy
I’m a great believer in science-backed therapy and healthcare, but aafiyah healing provided a sense of calm I hadn’t felt in a long time
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Parwana Fayyaz Q&A: ‘Each Afghan woman is creating a history, but silently’
The poet on Persian storytelling, refugee identity and the importance of women’s voices
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On the economy, Starmer has boxed himself in. That isn’t (just) the Tories’ fault
The prime minister is warning of hard times to come, but he can’t blame everything on his predecessors
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Sheeraz Gulsher Q&A: ‘Tackling the ethnicity pay gap is the first step to making work fair for all’
The co-founder of People Like Us on workplace inequalities and Labour’s plans to introduce mandatory reporting of companies’ pay data
