Will Tony Blair's intervention change the Labour debate?

While the former PM still has some admirers in Labour, others wings of the party are not listening.

Labour’s retreat from intellectual debate traps it in comfort zone

Party’s commitment to ambitious pledges before election narrowed its room for manoeuvre

Blair wants to leave our future to the markets. I believe democracy can still shape our lives for the better | Wes Streeting

The inequality caused by technological innovation is not a given. Labour can harness that change to serve society, not dominate it Tony Blair is right about one thing: we are living through a historic rupture. The old certainties of the 20th century are breaking apart under the pressure of technological revolution, geopolitical instability and economic insecurity. AI will transform how we work, learn and govern as profoundly as steam power or electricity reshaped the world before it. Britain ...

By Wes Streeting

In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

The PM is promising to strengthen EU ties at a time when the eurosceptic Reform party is on the rise.

Blair warns aid cuts mean UK is no longer ‘major player in soft power’ around world

‘It is important for Britain's strength abroad that we develop deep ties with a developing world which is developing fast,’ former PM writes

By Rachel Hagan

Tony Blair’s intervention could spark a Labour civil war

The former PM's essay calls on Starmer to rip net zero to pieces

By George Monaghan

Blair calls for ‘coherent plan’ before Labour ousts Starmer

Labour's electoral losses earlier this month sparked an internal rebellion as near a quarter of the party's members of Parliament called for Starmer to go.

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham promises to respond to Blair’s 5,700-word critique of party

Former prime minister Tony Blair said Labour is ‘playing with the future of the country’ in the 5,700-word essay.