Zubir Ahmed
British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for Glasgow South West
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I’m sorry, but this is insane and helps no one.”
- In a post on X, Dr Zubir Ahmed, who Andy Burnham is said to be considering as his Health Secretary, saidDaily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…
This is not one faction of the Labour party. This is about the Labour party articulating, I think, now a commonly held view that this is unsustainable and unstable.”
- When asked if the reaction among Labour MPs had been “spontaneous”, Ahmed saidGuardiantheguardian.com/politics/2026…
[T... T]he public across the UK has now irretrievably lost confidence in you as Prime Minister,
- Ahmed wrote in his resignation letterForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/05…
If at that point in the break clause we evaluate and we find that there are other providers that can do the job better, of course then that needs to be looked at.”
- In the face of rising pressure from doctors, MPs and the public, Dr Zubir Ahmed, a junior health minister, saidGuardiantheguardian.com/technology/202…
Do not buy weight-loss medicines from unregulated sources
- At the time Dr Zubir Ahmed, Health Innovation and Patient Safety Minister, saidDaily Maildailymail.co.uk/health/article…
We will not allow criminals to profit by exploiting people looking for help with their weight.
- Dr Zubir Ahmed, health innovation and patient safety minister, saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/health…
Earlier
Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’
Guardiantheguardian.com/society/2026…Treasury ditched numeracy test to increase diversity hires
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…The “Civil Service Strengths Test” was then implemented by bosses
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/uk…TalkTV host declares 'I'm leaving the UK' after Starmer replacement bombshell
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/showbiz/tv…Starmer biographer warns Labour risks ‘real chance’ of changing leaders again before election if it ousts him now
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Unions tell Starmer to go before next election
The Telegraphtelegraph.co.uk/politics/2026…Jess Phillips, Alex Davies-Jones, junior minister Miatta Fahnbulleh and Health Minister Zubir Ahmed have all resigned and implored Sir Keir “to act in the country’s interest and set out a timetable for your departure.” Plus at least 80 Labour MPs have called for a leadership change
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…Keir Starmer refuses to resign even as calls grow louder within Labour Party
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Jess Phillips has resigned from her position in Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet as safeguarding minister
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Britain has a weak hand in Palantir test case
Reutersreuters.com/commentary/breakin…Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs led the calls for Palantir, which also works for Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and the Israeli military, to be removed as a supplier to the NHS federated data platform (FDP), with one Labour backbencher, Samantha Niblett, questioning whether it could be “trusted as a custodian of the intimate health records of tens of millions of British citizens”
Guardiantheguardian.com/technology/202…Pharmacists want action on fake weight-loss jabs
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…The body, which represents 6,000 pharmacies throughout Britain, has additionally written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting demanding stronger protections for patients
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/life/style…Anger after member of Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party ruling committee blamed 'Israel lobby' when school cancelled Jewish MP's visit
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…For the MP, who, as parliamentary undersecretary of state for health innovation and safety, is one of two Muslims in government, such comments reflect the Islamophobic abuse that he says has got worse in recent decades
Guardiantheguardian.com/news/2026…Almost 2,000 doses of ‘dangerous’ illegal weight-loss jabs seized in raids
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/health…This means patients are missing out on drugs that they could access for the price of an NHS prescription if they lived elsewhere in the country
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…UK drug regulator seizes 2,000 doses of illegal weight-loss drugs in latest crackdown
Reutersreuters.com/business/healthcar…Lincolnshire Police found almost 2,000 doses of the drugs at an agricultural building in Newton and a residential property in Grantham during raids on Tuesday
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…PM warns 'public health isn't a culture war' after measles outbreak
Sky Newsnews.sky.com/story/prime…Big measles outbreak’ affecting children under 10 confirmed in London
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…